Ethylene-propylene-nonconjugated diene (EPDM) rubber manufacturing · Texas

Dacon Industries

Jacksonville, TX · ~64 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dacon Industries runs at 152% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ethylene-propylene-nonconjugated diene (EPDM) rubber manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Dacon Industries: 5.0 TCR = 152% of Ethylene-propylene-nonconjugated diene (EPDM) rubber manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dacon Industries safety composite

Dacon Industries scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

Dacon Industries: 0.0 → 10.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 10.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.14× in 2024

Dacon Industries's TCR rose 10.0 from 0.0 in 2023 to 10.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325212 · Jacksonville, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 152% of ind

  • DART 5.7 DART
  • RANK #13/13
  • PHOTO Crazy Aarons Enterpr…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Crazy Aarons Enterprises, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Dacon Industries in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Dacon Industries averages 5.0 TCR (152% of the Ethylene-propylene-nonconjugated diene (EPDM) rubber manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Dacon Industries TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=10 · BLS 3.3

Where Dacon Industries falls in its industry

90 Ethylene-propylene-nonconjugat establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 13 Ethylene-propylene-nonconjugat employers in Texas.

Dacon Industries (64 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 2.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Dacon Industries
Dacon Industries (64 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Dacon Industries has fewer employees than the Ethylene-propylene-nonconjugated diene ( median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 10.0 5.7 7 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325212 · TX · Jacksonville

90 Ethylene-propylene-nonconjugated diene (EPDM) rubber manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 41 employers in Jacksonville, TX · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Crazy Aarons Enterprises, Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR MikronPMP 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Omnova Solutions - Mogadore, Ohio Site 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR California Medical Innovations 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mill Creek 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sanderson Farms Palestine Hatchery 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE PILGRIMS MT. PLEASANT HACTCHERY 2 & 3 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE TGNR East Texas LLC 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR 180 333 FTE
CITY-NEAR 818 TX Distribution Center 322 FTE
CITY-NEAR 41215 319 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 180 296 FTE
NAT-TCR Danbury Tallmadge 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Spanish Trail Lumber 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kyntp - Htr National Turnpike 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR EB Meadow Woods 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE CA-Southern Region Office C 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE STR0616 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Noland Hospital Tuscaloosa 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ontario Warehouse 64 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.