Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers · Texas

Gardendale

Name: Gardendale Workplace Safety Data
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Gardendale, TX · ~174 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.8
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Gardendale runs at 80% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Gardendale: 1.8 TCR = 80% of Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gardendale safety composite

Gardendale scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 1.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.8

2016→2020

Gardendale injury rate improved

Gardendale's TCR fell 2.8 from 4.0 in 2016 to 1.1 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.0 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=0.7 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · Gardendale, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 80% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #57/101
PHOTO Hydrite - Visalia
BOOK 5y book
INJ 19 inj
SIZE ~174 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hydrite - Visalia (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.8
Hydrite - Visa

1.8
Geismar GE

1.8
LG&E Austin, T

1.8
Jacam Catalyst

1.8

What this shows Gardendale averages 1.8 TCR (80% of the Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Gardendale TCR series: 2016=4 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=0.7 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=1.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Gardendale falls in its industry

766 Chemicals (except agriculture) establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #57 safest of 101 Chemicals (except agriculture) employers in Texas.

Gardendale (174 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Gardendale has more employees than the Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., au median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2020	1.1	0.0	3
2019	1.3	0.3	4
2018	0.7	0.7	2
2017	1.7	0.8	4
2016	4.0	2.0	6

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · TX · Gardendale

766 Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 4 employers in Gardendale, TX · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Hydrite - Visalia	VISALIA, CA	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Geismar GE	GEISMAR, LA	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	LG&E Austin, TX	AUSTIN, TX	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Jacam Catalyst, LLC - Dickinson	DICKINSON, ND	1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Ranger Plant Constructional	ABILENE	174 FTE
STATE-SIZE	RedTail Hawk Solar Project	EL CAMPO	174 FTE
STATE-SIZE	McMahon Contracting and construction LLC DBA McMahon Contracting L.P.	GRAND PRAIRIE	174 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Collin Street Bakery	CORSICANA	174 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Catalyst Oilfield Services, 2016, LLC	Gardendale	70 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Jacam Catalyst, LLC - Gardendale	Gardendale	51 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MAIN YARD	Gardendale	38 FTE
NAT-TCR	Interplex Medical LLC - 114	Milford, OH	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Avoca, LLC	Merry Hill, NC	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Arcilla Trucking	Mcintyre, GA	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	SeniorLife Altoona, Inc	Altoona, PA	1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Milbank Manufacturing El Dorado	El Dorado, AR	174 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Performance Missouri - 1002	Springfield, MO	174 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Villa Financial Services	Skokie, IL	174 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Metro Nash Emergency Communications Dept.	Nashville, TN	174 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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