Vessels, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing · Texas

Tex-Fab, Inc.

Cypress, TX · ~55 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tex-Fab, Inc. runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Vessels, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Tex-Fab, Inc.: 2.9 TCR = 87% of Vessels, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tex-Fab, Inc. safety composite

Tex-Fab, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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).

D

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

−6.0

2016→2023

Tex-Fab, Inc. injury rate improved

Tex-Fab, Inc.'s TCR fell 6.0 from 8.1 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.1 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=1.2 · 2023=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332420 · Cypress, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 87% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #45/64
  • PHOTO Dragon Products Libe…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dragon Products Liberty (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tex-Fab, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tex-Fab, Inc. averages 2.9 TCR (87% of the Vessels, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Tex-Fab, Inc. TCR series: 2016=8.1 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=1.2 · 2023=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Tex-Fab, Inc. falls in its industry

355 Vessels, heavy gauge metal, ma establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #45 safest of 64 Vessels, heavy gauge metal, ma employers in Texas.

Tex-Fab, Inc. (55 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Tex-Fab, Inc.
Tex-Fab, Inc. (55 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Tex-Fab, Inc. has fewer employees than the Vessels, heavy gauge metal, manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2019 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2018 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2017 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2016 8.1 8.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332420 · TX · Cypress

355 Vessels, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 105 employers in Cypress, 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 Dragon Products Liberty 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR RECO USA 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rhodes Manufacturing LLC. 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lide Industries, LLC - Troy 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE CHAMPION FEEDERS 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE SANTA GERTRUDIS 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE SWISHER COUNTY CATTLE COMPANY 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harwood Complex 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-HOUS 1,778 FTE
CITY-NEAR HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress 1,297 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memorial Hermann Cypress Hospital 442 FTE
CITY-NEAR 774 433 FTE
NAT-TCR Tualatin Packaged Gas Plant 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Korman Signs Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR GA Foods_Ohio 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Comren, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cetro Corporation dba Best Western 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Iowa Aluminum, Inc 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Litchfield 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nelson Leasing Inc 55 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: 2023, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.