Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Texas

Palmer Steel

Mcallen, TX · ~140 workers · 4 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

Palmer Steel runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Palmer Steel: 2.5 TCR = 77% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palmer Steel safety composite

Palmer Steel scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

−1.0

2017→2023

Palmer Steel injury rate improved

Palmer Steel's TCR fell 1.0 from 2.8 in 2017 to 1.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.8 · 2018=1.1 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Mcallen, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 77% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #85/182
  • PHOTO Seibel Modern Mfg & …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~140 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Seibel Modern Mfg & Welding Corp (0.0 TCR gap)

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Palmer Steel in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Palmer Steel averages 2.5 TCR (77% 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

Palmer Steel TCR series: 2017=2.8 · 2018=1.1 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Palmer Steel falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 72% 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 #85 safest of 182 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Texas.

Palmer Steel (140 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 Palmer Steel
Palmer Steel (140 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Palmer Steel 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
2023 1.8 1.8 3 0 0
2022 4.4 4.4 7 0 0
2018 1.1 0.6 2 0 0
2017 2.8 1.7 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · TX · Mcallen

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 192 employers in Mcallen, 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 Seibel Modern Mfg & Welding Corp 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Millennium Building Systems, LLC. - Salem 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR W&W|AFCO Steel Montgomery 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR DME Manufacturing PA INC 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE 8281-Dow Deer Park 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE Patin Construction LLC 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fort Bend Solar Project 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mcmahon Contracting L.P. 140 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rio Grande Regional Hospital 2,690 FTE
CITY-NEAR HCU McAllen 1,254 FTE
CITY-NEAR TX_McAllen_3701 N 23rd St._TX540296401 1,066 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2576-026 1,042 FTE
NAT-TCR Black's Valley Ag Supply 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Carr Precast Concrete Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Breinigsville Pa Plant 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Universal Health Care/King 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Contract Filling Inc 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Bernard Hauling Operations 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE Miracle Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE Filtration : Lancaster EMHFF 140 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: 2023, 2022, 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.