Food Manufacturing · Texas
Praters Foods (Lubbock)
Lubbock, TX · ~96 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Praters Foods (Lubbock) runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Praters Foods (Lubbock): 6.3 TCR = 153% of Food Manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Praters Foods (Lubbock) safety composite
Praters Foods (Lubbock) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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).
31/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 18% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.07 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% 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
−2.9
2021→2023
Praters Foods (Lubbock) injury rate improved
Praters Foods (Lubbock)'s TCR fell 2.9 from 7.0 in 2021 to 4.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=7.0 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=4.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311919 · Lubbock, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 153% of ind
- DART 3.1 DART
- RANK #18/21
- PHOTO Unique Pretzel Baker…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 20 inj
- SIZE ~96 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Unique Pretzel Bakery, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Praters Foods (Lubbock) in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Praters Foods (Lubbock)
6.3 TCR
- Unique Pretzel
Unique Pretzel Bakery, Inc.
6.3 TCR
- Plant 3
Plant 3
6.3 TCR
- Dot's Velva
Dot's Velva
6.2 TCR
- Aaron Thomas C
Aaron Thomas Company Mendenhall
6.2 TCR
What this shows Praters Foods (Lubbock) averages 6.3 TCR (153% of the Food Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Praters Foods (Lubbock) TCR series: 2021=7 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=4.1 · BLS 4.1
Where Praters Foods (Lubbock) falls in its industry
253 Food Manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 21 Food Manufacturing employers in Texas.
Praters Foods (Lubbock) has fewer employees than the Food Manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311919 · TX · Lubbock
253 Food Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 482 employers in Lubbock, 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 | Unique Pretzel Bakery, Inc. | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Plant 3 | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dot's Velva | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Aaron Thomas Company Mendenhall | 6.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 3110 N I35 ROUND ROCK TX | 96 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TECO Central Plant | 96 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Oates Industries, Inc. | 96 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Layne Christensen - 1800 Hughes Landing Blvd | 96 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | A01 Covenant Medical Center | 3,178 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2004-20049000 | 2,269 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FALCON HEALTHCARE INC DBA INTERIM HEALTHCARE | 2,046 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Covenant Health System | 1,761 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Harrisburg Feed | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | NRP Jones LLC | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | NIH Bldg 10 B1 * | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gabriel Steel Erectors, Inc | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Cascadia of Boise | 96 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 0651 - Orlando Fl Bus Ctr | 96 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Unit #0211 | 96 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Unit #0691 | 96 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.