Cotton ginning · Texas

Southwest Gin of Texas Limited

Morton, TX · ~18 workers · 3 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

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

Southwest Gin of Texas Limited: 4.0 TCR = 89% of Cotton ginning BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southwest Gin of Texas Limited safety composite

Southwest Gin of Texas Limited 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

−6.2

2016→2018

Southwest Gin of Texas Limited injury rate improved

Southwest Gin of Texas Limited's TCR fell 6.2 from 6.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.2 · 2017=5.9 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 89% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #44/95
  • PHOTO Smith Gin Co-Op
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Smith Gin Co-Op (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southwest Gin of Texas Limited in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southwest Gin of Texas Limited 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

Southwest Gin of Texas Limited TCR series: 2016=6.2 · 2017=5.9 · 2018=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Southwest Gin of Texas Limited 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 #44 safest of 95 Cotton ginning employers in Texas.

Southwest Gin of Texas Limited (18 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 Southwest Gin of Texas Limited
Southwest Gin of Texas Limited (18 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 27 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Southwest Gin of Texas Limited 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 5.9 5.9 1 0 0
2016 6.2 6.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115111 · TX · Morton

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 Smith Gin Co-Op 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Home Coop Gin 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR OLAM Cotton Sunshine Gin 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kiech-Shauver-Miller Gin Co. 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE San Jose Cattle Co 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Petersburg Cooperative Gin 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Top Of Texas Gin 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Caprock Gin Inc 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR 22519 STORE 22519 25 FTE
NAT-TCR Peachtree Service Center 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Office 20 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 3810 Wise Plastics Technologies 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Plant 1 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.