Street lighting fixtures (except traffic signals) manufacturing · Texas
Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area Texas
GARLAND, TX · ~39 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area Texas runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate — safer than the typical Street lighting fixtures (except traffic signals) manufacturing workplace — earning a grade B.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.9
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 2
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area Texas's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 4 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024).
Injury rate over time
Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area Texas's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Total Case Rate (recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers), OSHA ITA Form 300A. Industry benchmark: BLS IIF, NAICS 335129.
Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area Texas has an average TCR of 1.9, which is 58% of the industry average (3.3) for Street lighting fixtures (except traffic signals) manufacturing. This is better than average.
Safety Insights for Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area Texas
Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area Texas operates an establishment with approximately 39 full-time equivalent workers in GARLAND, TX, classified under the Street lighting fixtures (except traffic signals) manufacturing industry (NAICS 335129). Across 4 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 2 recordable injuries, 0 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 1.9 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the B letter grade (Good Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.3 for Street lighting fixtures (except traffic signals) manufacturing, Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area Texas's workforce experiences 58% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR below the benchmark signals that controls, training, or automation may be outperforming peers.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 4 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area Texas as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area Texas's own 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 335129 — Street lighting fixtures (except traffic signals) manufacturing.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2021)
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.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 80,079 hours worked = 2.50 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area Texas (this establishment) | 1.90 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 4-year avg |
| Decorative area lighting fixtures (except residential) manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 335129 |
| 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 Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area Texas 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.
- 2021: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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