Copper Rod Mill · Texas

Denton Rod Mill

Denton, TX · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Denton Rod Mill runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Copper Rod Mill workplace, earning a grade D.

Denton Rod Mill: 5.1 TCR = 153% of Copper Rod Mill BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Denton Rod Mill safety composite

Denton Rod Mill scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

Denton Rod Mill: 2.7 → 7.5 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.49× in 2023

Denton Rod Mill's TCR rose 4.8 from 2.7 in 2022 to 7.5 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331318 · Denton, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 153% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #10/12
  • PHOTO Wolverine Industries
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wolverine Industries (0.0 TCR gap)

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Denton Rod Mill in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Denton Rod Mill averages 5.1 TCR (153% of the Copper Rod Mill BLS benchmark).

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

Denton Rod Mill TCR series: 2022=2.7 · 2023=7.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Denton Rod Mill falls in its industry

204 Copper Rod Mill establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 12 Copper Rod Mill employers in Texas.

Denton Rod Mill (35 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 144 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Denton Rod Mill
Denton Rod Mill (35 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 144 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Denton Rod Mill has fewer employees than the Copper Rod Mill median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2023 7.5 2.5 3 0 0
2022 2.7 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331318 · TX · Denton

204 Copper Rod Mill employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 211 employers in Denton, 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 Wolverine Industries 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mid-States Aluminum 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR CCL Metal Science 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aluminum Insights LLC 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Southwest Feedyard 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE CDF Dairy 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. - Marion, TX 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Growers Select Produce, Inc. 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Peterbilt Paccar 2,843 FTE
CITY-NEAR Peterbilt Motors Company 2,095 FTE
CITY-NEAR Texas Health Denton 1,091 FTE
CITY-NEAR 060 Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton 1,040 FTE
NAT-TCR Treeland BTN 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Holmdel Twnshp* 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Ssm St Mary Hospital Es 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR AMC of Wisconsin Inc 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dj'S Inc 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mi Pueblo Market #3 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mi Pueblo Market #4 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE GSP Greenville-Spartamburg International Airport 35 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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