Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Texas

FWT Kennedale Plant

Kennedale, TX · ~430 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

FWT Kennedale Plant runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

FWT Kennedale Plant: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

FWT Kennedale Plant safety composite

FWT Kennedale Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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%).

FWT Kennedale Plant held a steady TCR band

FWT Kennedale Plant's TCR held near 0.3 from 2.6 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.6 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.6 · 2017=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Kennedale, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #82/182
  • PHOTO Plant Fabricators, I…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~430 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Plant Fabricators, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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FWT Kennedale Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows FWT Kennedale Plant averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

FWT Kennedale Plant TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2017=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where FWT Kennedale Plant falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #82 safest of 182 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Texas.

FWT Kennedale Plant (430 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 FWT Kennedale Plant
FWT Kennedale Plant (430 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

FWT Kennedale Plant has more employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2017 2.3 1.5 12 0 0
2016 2.6 1.3 10 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · TX · Kennedale

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 17 employers in Kennedale, 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 Plant Fabricators, Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Magnum Construction 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4front Engineered Solutions 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR RIPLEY METALWORKS 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Permian 430 FTE
STATE-SIZE Silver Line Building Products 430 FTE
STATE-SIZE San Angelo Community Medical Center - Shannon South 430 FTE
STATE-SIZE Girling Community Care - Lubbock 430 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sabre-FWT, LLC (Kennedale Plant) 355 FTE
CITY-NEAR Haros Brothers, Co. 191 FTE
CITY-NEAR Home Office 145 FTE
CITY-NEAR IPG - Kennedale 103 FTE
NAT-TCR La Causa, Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 0614 - Yuba City, Ca 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 0500 - Englewood, Co 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 0177 - Gaithersburg, Md 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Global Services Supply Chain Operations : UX-Grove City, PA 430 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wichita (South & North) (Kswic) 430 FTE
NAT-SIZE Integrity Windows and Doors - Roanoke 430 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tempe Office 430 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: 2017, 2016. 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.