Steel wool manufacturing · Texas
Magni-Fab Southwest Co.
Howe, TX · ~71 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 27.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Magni-Fab Southwest Co. runs at 838% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Steel wool manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 27.7
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 13
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Magni-Fab Southwest Co.'s OSHA Total Case Rate of 27.7 to the Steel wool manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (838% of benchmark) across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Magni-Fab Southwest Co.'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Magni-Fab Southwest Co. falls in its industry
880 Steel wool manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 43 Steel wool manufacturing employers in Texas.
Trend analysis for Magni-Fab Southwest Co.
Between 2016 and 2018, Magni-Fab Southwest Co.'s Total Case Rate worsened from 4.8 to 47.8 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 893% increase across 2 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2016, at a TCR of 4.8, while 2018 saw the highest rate, at 47.8, a spread of 42.9 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 3 reporting years, Magni-Fab Southwest Co. recorded 13 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 3-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 13 injuries, 4 illnesses shown on this page for Magni-Fab Southwest Co. are sourced from its own 3 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 332999 - Steel wool manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2018)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
3 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 37,692 hours worked = 15.92 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Magni-Fab Southwest Co. (this establishment) | 27.67 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Machine bases, metal, manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 332999 |
| Texas state avg (all industries) | 3.73 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Magni-Fab Southwest Co. to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2018: 9 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 5 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 47.8 | 15.9 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 30.4 | 12.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Magni-Fab Southwest Co.'s reported OSHA injury record versus its Steel wool manufacturing peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 838% of the Steel wool manufacturing benchmark, Magni-Fab Southwest Co. reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Steel wool manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.