Cotton ginning · Texas

Moreman Gin

Port Lavaca, TX · ~17 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Moreman Gin runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Cotton ginning workplace, earning a grade B.

Moreman Gin: 3.1 TCR = 68% of Cotton ginning BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Moreman Gin safety composite

Moreman Gin scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−9.5

2017→2024

Moreman Gin injury rate improved

Moreman Gin's TCR fell 9.5 from 9.5 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.5 · 2018=7.4 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=4.0 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115111 · Port Lavaca, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.1 · 68% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #31/95
  • PHOTO FArmers Coop Associa…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~17 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: FArmers Coop Association Lomax Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Moreman Gin in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Moreman Gin averages 3.1 TCR (68% of the Cotton ginning BLS benchmark).

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

Moreman Gin TCR series: 2017=9.5 · 2018=7.4 · 2019=0 · 2020=4 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Moreman Gin falls in its industry

194 Cotton ginning establishments

Safer than 62% 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 #31 safest of 95 Cotton ginning employers in Texas.

Moreman Gin (17 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 27 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 102030405060 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Moreman Gin
Moreman Gin (17 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 27 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Moreman Gin has fewer employees than the Cotton ginning 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.7 3.7 1 0 0
2020 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 7.4 0.0 1 1 0
2017 9.5 6.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115111 · TX · Port Lavaca

194 Cotton ginning employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 24 employers in Port Lavaca, TX · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR FArmers Coop Association Lomax Plant 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sowega Cotton Hartford 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roanoke Tar Cotton, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lockney Coop Gin 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Soli Organic Inc. - Sherman 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quarterway Cotton Growers, LLC 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Willamar Operating, L.P. 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE La Feria Cooperative Gin 17 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1098 246 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1098 225 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ineos Nitriles USA LLC 149 FTE
CITY-NEAR Green Lake, Tx 132 FTE
NAT-TCR Associate Engineering Corporation 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Elite Growers, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Turlock Terminal 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Specialty Appliances, LLC 3.1 TCR

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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.