Architectural wall panels, precast concrete, manufacturing · Texas
Lowe Precast - Waco
Waco, TX · ~25 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lowe Precast - Waco runs at 219% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Architectural wall panels, precast concrete, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Lowe Precast - Waco: 7.2 TCR = 219% of Architectural wall panels, precast concrete, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lowe Precast - Waco safety composite
Lowe Precast - Waco scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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).
27/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.22 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 9% 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
Lowe Precast - Waco: 7.7 → 9.6 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 9.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.33× in 2024
Lowe Precast - Waco's TCR rose 1.9 from 7.7 in 2017 to 9.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 327390 · Waco, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 219% of ind
- DART 9.6 DART
- RANK #65/79
- PHOTO Coreslab Structures
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~25 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Coreslab Structures (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lowe Precast - Waco in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Oldcastle OPI
Oldcastle OPI - Avon Mfg
7.3 TCR
- This site
Lowe Precast - Waco
7.2 TCR
- Coreslab Struc
Coreslab Structures
7.2 TCR
- Wilbert Funera
Wilbert Funeral Services Springfield
7.2 TCR
- Durlach Indust
Durlach Industries, Inc.
7.2 TCR
What this shows Lowe Precast - Waco averages 7.2 TCR (219% of the Architectural wall panels, precast concrete, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Lowe Precast - Waco TCR series: 2017=7.7 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=9.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Lowe Precast - Waco falls in its industry
790 Architectural wall panels, pre establishmentsSafer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #65 safest of 79 Architectural wall panels, pre employers in Texas.
Lowe Precast - Waco has fewer employees than the Architectural wall panels, precast concr median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.3 | 3.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
327390 · TX · Waco
790 Architectural wall panels, precast concrete, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 314 employers in Waco, 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 | Coreslab Structures | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wilbert Funeral Services Springfield | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Durlach Industries, Inc. | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Oldcastle OPI - Avon Mfg | 7.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Village Farms of Monahans | 25 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lubbock Feeders, LLC | 25 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Circle Three Feed Yard, Ltd | 25 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SEABOARD FOODS LP 501-508 | 25 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Hillcrest | 1,512 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - AUS3 | 1,468 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1855-TXWAC1 | 1,407 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | L3Harris AS IAS Waco | 1,400 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Nelson County Fiscal Court | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | POET Research Center | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Great Lakes Management The Glenn Hopkins Towers | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Agrima Farms INC | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Suncast Corporation Plant 3 | 25 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fort Collins-Loveland jetCenter, Inc. | 25 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Westview Services Blue House - Supported Employment | 25 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | California Office | 25 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.