Compost manufacturing · Texas

South Plains Compost, Inc.

Slaton, TX · ~70 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

South Plains Compost, Inc. runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Compost manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

South Plains Compost, Inc.: 1.4 TCR = 42% of Compost manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South Plains Compost, Inc. safety composite

South Plains Compost, Inc. 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

South Plains Compost, Inc. held a steady TCR band

South Plains Compost, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=0.0 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=1.0 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325314 · Slaton, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 42% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/18
  • PHOTO Pine Bluff
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pine Bluff (0.0 TCR gap)

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South Plains Compost, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows South Plains Compost, Inc. averages 1.4 TCR (42% of the Compost manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

South Plains Compost, Inc. TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=1 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where South Plains Compost, Inc. falls in its industry

163 Compost manufacturing establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 18 Compost manufacturing employers in Texas.

South Plains Compost, Inc. (70 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate South Plains Compost, Inc.
South Plains Compost, Inc. (70 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.3

South Plains Compost, Inc. has more employees than the Compost manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.1 2.0 3 0 0
2022 1.0 0.0 1 0 0
2021 2.9 2.9 3 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325314 · TX · Slaton

163 Compost manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 6 employers in Slaton, 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 Pine Bluff 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR BioWorks 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Scotts Company - Shafter 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Scotts Company - Lebanon 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sales-OOS 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Legacy Farms 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE GP 176/GP 178 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE San Angelo 1214 Gas Plant Rd, San Angelo, TX 76904 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR USM Store #511 (United) 95 FTE
CITY-NEAR USM Store #511 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR Slaton Care Center 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR Solugen, LLC 23 FTE
NAT-TCR THE TREMONT GROUP dba GROW WEST 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Barclay Water Management, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR GROB Systems, Incorporated 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Development Homes Inc 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE HIMB 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hiller Wilmington 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spelios 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elkridge 70 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. 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.