Bathtubs, plastics, manufacturing · Texas

Kohler Co- Brownwood Plastics

Brownwood, TX · ~199 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kohler Co- Brownwood Plastics runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Bathtubs, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Kohler Co- Brownwood Plastics: 1.4 TCR = 42% of Bathtubs, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kohler Co- Brownwood Plastics safety composite

Kohler Co- Brownwood Plastics scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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

−1.0

2016→2024

Kohler Co- Brownwood Plastics injury rate improved

Kohler Co- Brownwood Plastics's TCR fell 1.0 from 2.7 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.7 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=0.0 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326191 · Brownwood, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 42% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #5/16
  • PHOTO Endless Pools - Dutt…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~199 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Endless Pools - Dutton Mill (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kohler Co- Brownwood Plastics in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kohler Co- Brownwood Plastics averages 1.4 TCR (42% of the Bathtubs, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kohler Co- Brownwood Plastics TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=0 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Kohler Co- Brownwood Plastics falls in its industry

141 Bathtubs, plastics, manufactur establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 16 Bathtubs, plastics, manufactur employers in Texas.

Kohler Co- Brownwood Plastics (199 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 0200400600800 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Kohler Co- Brownwood Plastics
Kohler Co- Brownwood Plastics (199 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Kohler Co- Brownwood Plastics has more employees than the Bathtubs, plastics, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 1.7 1.2 7 0 0
2023 1.9 1.9 6 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 1.3 0.7 2 0 0
2017 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2016 2.7 1.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326191 · TX · Brownwood

141 Bathtubs, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 59 employers in Brownwood, 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 Endless Pools - Dutton Mill 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fiberglas & Plastic Fabricating Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vista HQ 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mansfield Plumbing Products- Henderson 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE E&C Poly-6 199 FTE
STATE-SIZE Turner at Occidental (OxyChem) Ingleside TX 199 FTE
STATE-SIZE FW Walton Houston 199 FTE
STATE-SIZE HOUSTON TX PLANT 199 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6394-B2300 2,084 FTE
CITY-NEAR Girling Community Care - Brownwood 1,410 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kohler Co - Brownwood Vitreous 650 FTE
CITY-NEAR BROWNWOOD 622 FTE
NAT-TCR Plumbing 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Protection Valley Manor 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Fosbel 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Crown Lift Trucks Denver 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE IKEA Savannah DC 199 FTE
NAT-SIZE ILN Wilmington OH (LGSTX) 199 FTE
NAT-SIZE Monroe 199 FTE
NAT-SIZE Town of Redding 199 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.