Construction machinery manufacturing · Texas

Ken Garner Manufacturing VTO

Victoria, TX · ~18 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ken Garner Manufacturing VTO runs at 248% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Construction machinery manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Ken Garner Manufacturing VTO: 8.2 TCR = 248% of Construction machinery manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ken Garner Manufacturing VTO safety composite

Ken Garner Manufacturing VTO scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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%).

TCR Δ

−12.2

2017→2023

Ken Garner Manufacturing VTO injury rate improved

Ken Garner Manufacturing VTO's TCR fell 12.2 from 18.4 in 2017 to 6.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 18.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=18.4 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=6.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333120 · Victoria, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 248% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #20/24
  • PHOTO Seguin Plant
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Seguin Plant (0.1 TCR gap)

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Ken Garner Manufacturing VTO in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ken Garner Manufacturing VTO averages 8.2 TCR (248% of the Construction machinery manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ken Garner Manufacturing VTO TCR series: 2017=18.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=6.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Ken Garner Manufacturing VTO falls in its industry

400 Construction machinery manufac establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 24 Construction machinery manufac employers in Texas.

Ken Garner Manufacturing VTO (18 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ken Garner Manufacturing VTO
Ken Garner Manufacturing VTO (18 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Ken Garner Manufacturing VTO has fewer employees than the Construction machinery manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2023 6.2 6.2 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 18.4 12.2 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333120 · TX · Victoria

400 Construction machinery manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 151 employers in Victoria, TX · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Seguin Plant 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Multiquip Inc. - Boise 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR CNH Industrial - Burlington 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR TimberPro Inc. 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE San Jose Cattle Co 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Petersburg Cooperative Gin 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Top Of Texas Gin 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Caprock Gin Inc 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0030-HES Victoria 675 FTE
CITY-NEAR Regency IHS Therapy, LLC 657 FTE
CITY-NEAR NA Hydraulic Excavator Facility 655 FTE
CITY-NEAR INVISTA Victoria 571 FTE
NAT-TCR Brumbaugh Construction, Inc 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR AWI Gaylord Warehouse 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1808 Greeneville, SC 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Non Metallic Solutions 8.2 TCR

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: 2023, 2022, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.