Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing · Texas

Meridian Brick-Elgin Plant 1-Meridian

Elgin, TX · ~21 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Meridian Brick-Elgin Plant 1-Meridian runs at 57% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Meridian Brick-Elgin Plant 1-Meridian: 1.9 TCR = 57% of Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Meridian Brick-Elgin Plant 1-Meridian safety composite

Meridian Brick-Elgin Plant 1-Meridian scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−3.8

2017→2018

Meridian Brick-Elgin Plant 1-Meridian injury rate improved

Meridian Brick-Elgin Plant 1-Meridian's TCR fell 3.8 from 3.8 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.8 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327120 · Elgin, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 57% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/29
  • PHOTO HarbisonWalker Inter…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HarbisonWalker International (0.0 TCR gap)

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Meridian Brick-Elgin Plant 1-Meridian in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Meridian Brick-Elgin Plant 1-Meridian averages 1.9 TCR (57% of the Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Meridian Brick-Elgin Plant 1-Meridian TCR series: 2017=3.8 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Meridian Brick-Elgin Plant 1-Meridian falls in its industry

307 Bricks (i.e., common, face, gl establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 29 Bricks (i.e., common, face, gl employers in Texas.

Meridian Brick-Elgin Plant 1-Meridian (21 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Meridian Brick-Elgin Plant 1-Meridian
Meridian Brick-Elgin Plant 1-Meridian (21 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Meridian Brick-Elgin Plant 1-Meridian has fewer employees than the Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, holl median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327120 · TX · Elgin

307 Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 23 employers in Elgin, 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 HarbisonWalker International 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Saint Gobain Advance Ceramics, LLC 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Refractory Specialties Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Morgan Advanced Materials Certech Inc 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Grass Roots Farming LLC. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dawn Cattle Feeders 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Twin Lakes Dairy LP 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE SEABOARD FOODS LP TEXAS MAINT 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3170 223 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3170 217 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elgin Brick Plants 155 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elgin Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 101 FTE
NAT-TCR dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5069 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR HF Optimeyes Dearborn 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Parrish Medical Ctr Food 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sister Schubert's; Luverne 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE S07094 - 1370 S Valley Hwy Office 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Great Lakes Cincinnati Gest St 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Great Lakes Cleveland 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baton Rouge General Medical Center - Mid City 21 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.