Bronze foundries (except die-casting) · Texas
Heart of Texas Art Group, Inc. dba Pyrology Foundry & Studio
Bastrop, TX · ~23 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Heart of Texas Art Group, Inc. dba Pyrology Foundry & Studio runs at 211% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bronze foundries (except die-casting) workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.0
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 3
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Heart of Texas Art Group, Inc. dba Pyrology Foundry & Studio's OSHA Total Case Rate of 7.0 to the Bronze foundries (except die-casting) BLS benchmark of 3.3 (211% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Heart of Texas Art Group, Inc. dba Pyrology Foundry & Studio's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Heart of Texas Art Group, Inc. dba Pyrology Foundry & Studio falls in its industry
133 Bronze foundries (except die-c establishmentsSafer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Bronze foundries (except die-c employers in Texas.
Trend analysis for Heart of Texas Art Group, Inc. dba Pyrology Foundry & Studio
Between 2023 and 2024, Heart of Texas Art Group, Inc. dba Pyrology Foundry & Studio's Total Case Rate worsened from 4.9 to 9.1 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 86% increase across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2023, at a TCR of 4.9, while 2024 saw the highest rate, at 9.1, a spread of 4.2 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 2 reporting years, Heart of Texas Art Group, Inc. dba Pyrology Foundry & Studio recorded 3 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-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 3 injuries shown on this page for Heart of Texas Art Group, Inc. dba Pyrology Foundry & Studio are sourced from its own 2 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 331529 - Bronze foundries (except die-casting).
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 ÷ 44,084 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Heart of Texas Art Group, Inc. dba Pyrology Foundry & Studio (this establishment) | 6.97 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Nonferrous Castings industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 331529 |
| 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 Heart of Texas Art Group, Inc. dba Pyrology Foundry & Studio 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: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - 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 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Heart of Texas Art Group, Inc. dba Pyrology Foundry & Studio's reported OSHA injury record versus its Bronze foundries (except die-casting) peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 211% of the Bronze foundries (except die-casting) benchmark, Heart of Texas Art Group, Inc. dba Pyrology Foundry & Studio reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Bronze foundries (except die-casting) 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.