Sod farming · Texas

RCB Ventures, LLC dba Tri-Tex Grass

Name: RCB Ventures, LLC dba Tri-Tex Grass Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Granbury, TX · ~40 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.9
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

RCB Ventures, LLC dba Tri-Tex Grass runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Sod farming workplace, earning a grade A.

RCB Ventures, LLC dba Tri-Tex Grass: 1.9 TCR = 41% of Sod farming BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

RCB Ventures, LLC dba Tri-Tex Grass safety composite

RCB Ventures, LLC dba Tri-Tex Grass scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% 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).

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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

−0.6

2017→2022

RCB Ventures, LLC dba Tri-Tex Grass injury rate improved

RCB Ventures, LLC dba Tri-Tex Grass's TCR fell 0.6 from 2.2 in 2017 to 1.6 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.2 · 2019=2.0 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111421 · Granbury, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.9 · 41% of ind

DART 1.6 DART
RANK #6/18
PHOTO BRAZOS RIVER SOD FARM
BOOK 4y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BRAZOS RIVER SOD FARM (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.9
BRAZOS RIVER S

1.9
Fannin Growing

1.9
Homestead

1.9
Buy Sod - Nash

1.8

What this shows RCB Ventures, LLC dba Tri-Tex Grass averages 1.9 TCR (41% of the Sod farming BLS benchmark).

RCB Ventures, LLC dba Tri-Tex Grass TCR series: 2017=2.2 · 2019=2 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=1.6 · BLS 4.5

Where RCB Ventures, LLC dba Tri-Tex Grass falls in its industry

386 Sod farming establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 18 Sod farming employers in Texas.

RCB Ventures, LLC dba Tri-Tex Grass (40 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9

RCB Ventures, LLC dba Tri-Tex Grass has fewer employees than the Sod farming median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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
2022	1.6	1.6	1
2021	1.7	1.7	1
2019	2.0	2.0	1
2017	2.2	2.2	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111421 · TX · Granbury

386 Sod farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 55 employers in Granbury, TX · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	BRAZOS RIVER SOD FARM	NAVASOTA, TX	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fannin Growing	HOWE, TX	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Buy Sod - Nashville	EAGLEVILLE, TN	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Homestead	MIAMI, FL	1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Cook Canyon Ranch	RANGER	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Frontier Feedyard	SPEARMAN	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kurten Location	BRYAN	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dixondale Sales Agency LLC	CARRIZO SPRINGS	40 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Culberson Construction, LLC	Granbury	484 FTE
CITY-NEAR	371	Granbury	401 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 371	Granbury	378 FTE
CITY-NEAR	035-00917	Granbury	160 FTE
NAT-TCR	1265 - Billings	Billings, MT	1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	729 - Saugus	Saugus, MA	1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	433 - Flint	Flint, MI	1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	PJ Keating Lunenburg	Lunenburg, MA	1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Stevens	Stevens, PA	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Reese Electric Inc.	North Bend, OR	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	HG835	Veron Hills, IL	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	San Jose Gardens	Jacksonville, FL	40 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: 2022, 2021, 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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