Cotton ginning · Texas

Smith Gin Co-Op

Odem, TX · ~15 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Smith Gin Co-Op runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cotton ginning workplace, earning a grade C.

Smith Gin Co-Op: 4.0 TCR = 89% of Cotton ginning BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smith Gin Co-Op safety composite

Smith Gin Co-Op scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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

−10.0

2017→2023

Smith Gin Co-Op injury rate improved

Smith Gin Co-Op's TCR fell 10.0 from 10.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.0 · 2018=4.1 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=6.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 89% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #42/95
  • PHOTO New Home Coop Gin
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~15 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: New Home Coop Gin (0.0 TCR gap)

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Smith Gin Co-Op in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Smith Gin Co-Op averages 4.0 TCR (89% of the Cotton ginning BLS benchmark).

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

Smith Gin Co-Op TCR series: 2017=10 · 2018=4.1 · 2021=0 · 2022=6 · 2023=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Smith Gin Co-Op falls in its industry

194 Cotton ginning establishments

Safer than 51% 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 #42 safest of 95 Cotton ginning employers in Texas.

Smith Gin Co-Op (15 employees, TCR 4.0) 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 Smith Gin Co-Op
Smith Gin Co-Op (15 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 27 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Smith Gin Co-Op 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 6.0 6.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.1 4.1 1 0 0
2017 10.0 10.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115111 · TX · Odem

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

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR New Home Coop Gin 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southwest Gin of Texas Limited 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR OLAM Cotton Sunshine Gin 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kiech-Shauver-Miller Gin Co. 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Farmers Cooperative Gin 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wells Farmers Cooperative gin 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hwy 67 Gin Co., Inc. 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ross Gin 15 FTE
CITY-NEAR Edcot Coop Gin 33 FTE
NAT-TCR TRG a Division of Alter Trading Rogers 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Emerald Construction Company 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Radial Rialto 2 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Twin Oaks Rehabilitation & HealthCare Center 4.0 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018, 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.