Hardware, transmission pole and line, manufacturing · Texas

The Buferd Company dBa Unity Manufacturing

Garland, TX · ~60 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Buferd Company dBa Unity Manufacturing runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardware, transmission pole and line, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

The Buferd Company dBa Unity Manufacturing: 4.9 TCR = 148% of Hardware, transmission pole and line, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Buferd Company dBa Unity Manufacturing safety composite

The Buferd Company dBa Unity Manufacturing scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−1.3

2018→2024

The Buferd Company dBa Unity Manufacturing injury rate improved

The Buferd Company dBa Unity Manufacturing's TCR fell 1.3 from 3.0 in 2018 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.0 · 2019=6.6 · 2020=7.1 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=9.1 · 2024=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335932 · Garland, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 148% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/11
  • PHOTO Unity Manufacturing
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Unity Manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Buferd Company dBa Unity Manufacturing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Buferd Company dBa Unity Manufacturing averages 4.9 TCR (148% of the Hardware, transmission pole and line, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

The Buferd Company dBa Unity Manufacturing TCR series: 2018=3 · 2019=6.6 · 2020=7.1 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=9.1 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 3.3

Where The Buferd Company dBa Unity Manufacturing falls in its industry

71 Hardware, transmission pole an establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 11 Hardware, transmission pole an employers in Texas.

The Buferd Company dBa Unity Manufacturing (60 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 110 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 02004006008001,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate The Buferd Company dBa Unity Manufacturing
The Buferd Company dBa Unity Manufacturing (60 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 110 employees and a TCR of 2.6

The Buferd Company dBa Unity Manufacturing has fewer employees than the Hardware, transmission pole and line, ma median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2024 1.7 0.0 1 0 0
2022 9.1 5.5 5 0 0
2021 1.8 0.0 1 0 0
2020 7.1 7.1 4 0 0
2019 6.6 3.3 4 0 0
2018 3.0 3.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335932 · TX · Garland

71 Hardware, transmission pole and line, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 316 employers in Garland, 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 Unity Manufacturing 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Teledyne Instruments Inc. d/b/a Teledyne Cable Solutions - Regal Row 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR LOS 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hubbell RACO 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Frontier Feedlot Dublin LLC 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waelder 1 Complex 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE ACRT, Inc. Arlington TX 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE VES Survey International 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DDA2 1,704 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kraft Heinz Comany Garland 1,482 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kraft Heinz 1,370 FTE
CITY-NEAR Osburn Contractors 933 FTE
NAT-TCR Vortex Construction 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR HeiQ ChemTex, Inc. Concord 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hooper DSC 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Gehring Tricot Corp. 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bridges by Epoch at Mashpee 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midwest Steel Works 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE LA - 2307 W 6th St, LA 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baptist Health Medical Center - Van Buren 60 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.