Ship repair done in a shipyard · Texas
Gulf Copper Central Yard
Port Arthur, TX · ~119 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Gulf Copper Central Yard runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Ship repair done in a shipyard workplace, earning a grade A.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.2
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- worker fatalities on record
Grade compares Gulf Copper Central Yard's OSHA Total Case Rate of 1.2 to the Ship repair done in a shipyard BLS benchmark of 3.3 (36% of benchmark) across 7 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Gulf Copper Central Yard's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Gulf Copper Central Yard falls in its industry
488 Ship repair done in a shipyard establishmentsSafer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 30 Ship repair done in a shipyard employers in Texas.
Trend analysis for Gulf Copper Central Yard
Between 2016 and 2024, Gulf Copper Central Yard's Total Case Rate improved from 1.4 to 0.6 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 57% decrease across 8 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2017, at a TCR of 0.0, while 2018 saw the highest rate, at 3.4, a spread of 3.4 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 7 reporting years, Gulf Copper Central Yard recorded 15 total injuries and illnesses and 1 fatality. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 7-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 15 injuries, and 1 fatality shown on this page for Gulf Copper Central Yard are sourced from its own 7 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 336611 - Ship repair done in a shipyard.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 327,889 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Gulf Copper Central Yard (this establishment) | 1.18 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 7-year avg |
| Fishing boat, commercial, building industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 336611 |
| Texas state avg (all industries) | 3.73 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Gulf Copper Central Yard to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 4 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 1 fatality - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Gulf Copper Central Yard's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Ship repair done in a shipyard peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 36% of the Ship repair done in a shipyard benchmark, Gulf Copper Central Yard reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Ship repair done in a shipyard sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.