Ladders, portable metal, manufacturing · Texas

K&H Fabricators, Inc.

Smithville, TX · ~44 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

K&H Fabricators, Inc. runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ladders, portable metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

K&H Fabricators, Inc.: 4.6 TCR = 140% of Ladders, portable metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

K&H Fabricators, Inc. safety composite

K&H Fabricators, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

K&H Fabricators, Inc.: 3.0 → 6.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.35× in 2024

K&H Fabricators, Inc.'s TCR rose 3.2 from 3.0 in 2023 to 6.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332999 · Smithville, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 140% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #27/39
  • PHOTO Kamatics Corporation
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kamatics Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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K&H Fabricators, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows K&H Fabricators, Inc. averages 4.6 TCR (140% of the Ladders, portable metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

K&H Fabricators, Inc. TCR series: 2023=3 · 2024=6.2 · BLS 3.3

Where K&H Fabricators, Inc. falls in its industry

827 Ladders, portable metal, manuf establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 39 Ladders, portable metal, manuf employers in Texas.

K&H Fabricators, Inc. (44 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate K&H Fabricators, Inc.
K&H Fabricators, Inc. (44 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

K&H Fabricators, Inc. has fewer employees than the Ladders, portable metal, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2024 6.2 6.2 2 0 0
2023 3.0 3.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · TX · Smithville

827 Ladders, portable metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 8 employers in Smithville, 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 Kamatics Corporation 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR K & G MANUFACTURING COMPANY 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Naperville Handi-Foil 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR A.H. Stock Mfg. 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corteva - Lubbock Research 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE WRANGLER FEED YARD 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Devon Energy Corporation - Cresson 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Driver Directional, Inc. 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Towers Nursing Home 106 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-TXAUS57 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR TXAUS57 ASCENSION SETON SMITHVILLE HOSPITAL 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR Store #55 64 FTE
NAT-TCR Cedar Rapids Ia Sales Center 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Photo-Sonics, Inc. 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ingram Barge Company Metropolis 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Embassy Suites by Hilton Tucson East 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE EMS - Highlands at River Road 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE FV Heart Care Clinic St Johns 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE EB Loren On Park 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Orem Ut Sales Center 44 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: 2024, 2023. 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.