Ship repair done in a shipyard · Texas

Gulf Copper South Yard

Port Arthur, TX · ~55 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gulf Copper South Yard runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Ship repair done in a shipyard workplace, earning a grade B.

Gulf Copper South Yard: 2.1 TCR = 64% of Ship repair done in a shipyard BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gulf Copper South Yard safety composite

Gulf Copper South Yard scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−2.1

2016→2018

Gulf Copper South Yard injury rate improved

Gulf Copper South Yard's TCR fell 2.1 from 2.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.1 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336611 · Port Arthur, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 64% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/27
  • PHOTO Campbell Transportat…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Campbell Transportation Company (Georgetown Shipyard) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gulf Copper South Yard in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gulf Copper South Yard averages 2.1 TCR (64% of the Ship repair done in a shipyard BLS benchmark).

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

Gulf Copper South Yard TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Gulf Copper South Yard falls in its industry

454 Ship repair done in a shipyard establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

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 27 Ship repair done in a shipyard employers in Texas.

Gulf Copper South Yard (55 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Gulf Copper South Yard
Gulf Copper South Yard (55 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Gulf Copper South Yard has fewer employees than the Ship repair done in a shipyard median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.2 4.2 3 0 0
2016 2.1 2.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336611 · TX · Port Arthur

454 Ship repair done in a shipyard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 122 employers in Port Arthur, 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 Campbell Transportation Company (Georgetown Shipyard) 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR AUSTAL USA LLC SDCA 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Serco - Port Hueneme,CA 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ellicott Dredges, LLC 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE CHAMPION FEEDERS 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE SANTA GERTRUDIS 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE SWISHER COUNTY CATTLE COMPANY 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harwood Complex 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Motiva Enterprises LLC 1,494 FTE
CITY-NEAR Port Arthur Liquefaction Project 1,428 FTE
CITY-NEAR Echo Maintenance LLC 937 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Premcor Refining Group INC 773 FTE
NAT-TCR thyssenkrupp Bilstein Warehouse 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Craftsman Plating & Tinning 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Siemens Industry Incorporated 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Cardinal Health Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Angleboard 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Compassionate Care Hospice of Taunton 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE North Hampton Nursing & Rehabilitation 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shopko Store #45 (Bellevue, NE) 55 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.