Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing · Texas

Pal-Serv of Dallas

Balch Springs, TX · ~88 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pal-Serv of Dallas runs at 209% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Pal-Serv of Dallas: 6.9 TCR = 209% of Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pal-Serv of Dallas safety composite

Pal-Serv of Dallas scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

−9.7

2016→2024

Pal-Serv of Dallas injury rate improved

Pal-Serv of Dallas's TCR fell 9.7 from 13.0 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.0 · 2017=6.0 · 2018=10.4 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=5.4 · 2022=10.4 · 2023=6.1 · 2024=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321920 · Balch Springs, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 209% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #45/69
  • PHOTO Millwood, Inc. Apple…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 65 inj
  • SIZE ~88 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Millwood, Inc. Apple Creek (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pal-Serv of Dallas in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pal-Serv of Dallas averages 6.9 TCR (209% of the Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Pal-Serv of Dallas TCR series: 2016=13 · 2017=6 · 2018=10.4 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=5.4 · 2022=10.4 · 2023=6.1 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Pal-Serv of Dallas falls in its industry

952 Pallet containers, wood or woo establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #45 safest of 69 Pallet containers, wood or woo employers in Texas.

Pal-Serv of Dallas (88 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Pal-Serv of Dallas
Pal-Serv of Dallas (88 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3

Pal-Serv of Dallas has more employees than the Pallet containers, wood or wood and meta median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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 3.3 3.3 3 0 0
2023 6.1 3.5 7 0 0
2022 10.4 8.7 12 0 0
2021 5.4 0.9 6 0 0
2020 3.6 2.7 4 0 0
2019 3.8 1.9 4 0 0
2018 10.4 5.7 11 0 0
2017 6.0 3.0 6 0 0
2016 13.0 7.6 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321920 · TX · Balch Springs

952 Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 29 employers in Balch Springs, 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 Millwood, Inc. Apple Creek 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR STREADBECK ENTERPRISES, INC. 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Specialty Pallet & Design LLC. 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Terzo Bakersfield 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE F AND B HOLDINGS LLC DBA LONE STAR CITRUS GROWERS 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Puirty Texas 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Falcon Energy Services 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAES : Sandy Creek 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - AFW5 585 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - AFW2 454 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1118 441 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1118 441 FTE
NAT-TCR Cheese Merchants of America 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR NAPA Atlanta Delta IBS 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Tecta America Seattle LLC 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR R & J Trucking Gray Court Terminal 6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Apex Express Logistics, LLC 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rapid City Store 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Westell Inc Aurora 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vance Brown, Inc. 88 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 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.