Gloves, plastics, manufacturing · Texas

Handgards Inc.

Name: Handgards Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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El Paso, TX · ~287 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.4
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 1
Fatality

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The verdict

Handgards Inc. runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Gloves, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Handgards Inc.: 3.4 TCR = 104% of Gloves, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Handgards Inc. safety composite

Handgards Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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).

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers
Fatalities: F 1

Safer than 0% 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

−0.9

2016→2019

Handgards Inc. injury rate improved

Handgards Inc.'s TCR fell 0.9 from 3.5 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.5 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · El Paso, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 104% of ind

DART 1.0 DART
RANK #88/161
PHOTO Woodville
BOOK 4y book
INJ 25 inj
SIZE ~287 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Woodville (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Handgards Inc. averages 3.4 TCR (104% of the Gloves, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Handgards Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Handgards Inc. falls in its industry

2,838 Gloves, plastics, manufacturin establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #88 safest of 161 Gloves, plastics, manufacturin employers in Texas.

Handgards Inc. (287 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Handgards Inc. has more employees than the Gloves, plastics, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2019	2.6	1.0	5	0	0
2018	3.3	1.1	6	0	0
2017	4.3	2.2	7	1	1
2016	3.5	0.0	7	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · TX · El Paso

2,838 Gloves, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 974 employers in El Paso, 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	Woodville	WOODVILLE, WI	3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NYX New Albany	NEW ALBANY, IN	3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	TASUS Corporation (Indiana)	BLOOMINGTON, IN	3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Channell Commercial NLV	NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV	3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Satterfield and Pontikes Construction	HOUSTON	287 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Turner at Marathon Petroleum Company Texas City TX	TEXAS CITY	287 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Michael Angelo's Gourmet foods	AUSTIN	287 FTE
STATE-SIZE	UFP GRANDVIEW , LLC	GRANVIEW	287 FTE
CITY-NEAR	U.S. Border Patrol Sector - El Paso	El Paso	2,330 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Alegre Home Health Care, LLC EL PASO	El Paso	1,942 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Office of Field Operations - El Paso	El Paso	1,847 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MVT Services, LLC	El Paso	1,798 FTE
NAT-TCR	Hamilton Main	Hamilton, MI	3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	AMEREN ILLINOIS - Belleville	Belleville, IL	3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Louisiana Extended Care Hospital of Natchitoches	Natchiotches, LA	3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lynchburg Regional Airport	Lynchburg, VA	3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Flowery Branch - 4349 Avery Drive	Flowery Branch, GA	287 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pentair Filtration Solutions, LLC - Hanover Park	Hanover Park, IL	287 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tamaya (HR)	Santa Ana Pueblo, NM	287 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Stow Company	Holland, MI	287 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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