Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Texas

Mid South Fabrication & Coating

White Oak, TX · ~60 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mid South Fabrication & Coating runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Mid South Fabrication & Coating: 2.5 TCR = 76% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mid South Fabrication & Coating safety composite

Mid South Fabrication & Coating scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

−1.1

2016→2020

Mid South Fabrication & Coating injury rate improved

Mid South Fabrication & Coating's TCR fell 1.1 from 3.3 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.3 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · White Oak, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 76% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #83/182
  • PHOTO Steele Solutions Inc…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Steele Solutions Inc - Franklin (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mid South Fabrication & Coating in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mid South Fabrication & Coating averages 2.5 TCR (76% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Mid South Fabrication & Coating TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=2.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Mid South Fabrication & Coating falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #83 safest of 182 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Texas.

Mid South Fabrication & Coating (60 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Mid South Fabrication & Coating
Mid South Fabrication & Coating (60 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Mid South Fabrication & Coating has more employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a lower 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
2020 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2019 1.2 0.0 1 0 0
2018 3.9 1.3 3 0 0
2017 1.8 0.0 1 0 0
2016 3.3 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · TX · White Oak

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 11 employers in White Oak, 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 Steele Solutions Inc - Franklin 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Contech GADST 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR C&F Steel Company 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMC Rebar Ft Myers 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Frontier Feedlot Dublin LLC 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waelder 1 Complex 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE ACRT, Inc. Arlington TX 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE VES Survey International 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR White Oak Radiator Service 82 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brookshire's #050 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR Store #050 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR Great American Coil 59 FTE
NAT-TCR ORC Industries, Inc. (La Crosse Main Bldg.) 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR WW4 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR ANS:ANAUG - ANAUG-Augusta, GA 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Santa Paula Plant #3 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE NC Works Inc. 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fulton Precision Industries Incorporated 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elite Glass Fabrication 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Automatic Laundry Service Inc. 60 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: 2020, 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.