Compost manufacturing · Texas

J-V Dirt + Loam

Austin, TX · ~26 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

J-V Dirt + Loam runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Compost manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

J-V Dirt + Loam: 2.9 TCR = 88% of Compost manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J-V Dirt + Loam safety composite

J-V Dirt + Loam scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).

D

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Rising injury rate

J-V Dirt + Loam: 0.0 → 5.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 5.8 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2019

J-V Dirt + Loam's TCR rose 5.8 from 0.0 in 2017 to 5.8 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325314 · Austin, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 88% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #10/18
  • PHOTO Cytozyme Laboratories
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cytozyme Laboratories (0.0 TCR gap)

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J-V Dirt + Loam in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows J-V Dirt + Loam averages 2.9 TCR (88% of the Compost manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

J-V Dirt + Loam TCR series: 2017=0 · 2019=5.8 · BLS 3.3

Where J-V Dirt + Loam falls in its industry

163 Compost manufacturing establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 18 Compost manufacturing employers in Texas.

J-V Dirt + Loam (26 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate J-V Dirt + Loam
J-V Dirt + Loam (26 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.3

J-V Dirt + Loam has fewer employees than the Compost manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 5.8 5.8 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325314 · TX · Austin

163 Compost manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 1,645 employers in Austin, 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 Cytozyme Laboratories 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vermicrop Organics 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Black's Valley Ag Services, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Austin Wood Recycling Inc. - Austin 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Belding Farms 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Friona Industries, L.P. 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keeling Cattle Feeders 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Descanso Dairy, LLC 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ensign Services 11,325 FTE
CITY-NEAR NA-US-TX-Austin-Giga Texas 8,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-Loc: CORP LOC - US Austin 6,911 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-CORP LOC - USA UNITED STATES - AST 5,272 FTE
NAT-TCR Branson Office 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 124T Tampa 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 01- Fayetteville 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Shopko Store #53 (North Platte, NE) 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Technology Plastics LLC 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Richards Brick Company 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Prairie Construction,L.L.C. 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE MARINEMAX East INC-HM5 26 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, 2017. 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.