Wallboard, Ready Mix Joint Treatment and Paper Mill · Texas
US Gypsum Galena Park
Galena Park, TX · ~194 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
US Gypsum Galena Park runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Wallboard, Ready Mix Joint Treatment and Paper Mill workplace, earning a grade C.
US Gypsum Galena Park: 2.9 TCR = 88% of Wallboard, Ready Mix Joint Treatment and Paper Mill BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
US Gypsum Galena Park safety composite
US Gypsum Galena Park scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.9 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 23% 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%).
Rising injury rate
US Gypsum Galena Park: 1.5 → 3.9 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 3.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.9× in 2024
US Gypsum Galena Park's TCR rose 2.4 from 1.5 in 2017 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322130 · Galena Park, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 88% of ind
- DART 2.6 DART
- RANK #7/7
- PHOTO Packrite
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 42 inj
- SIZE ~194 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Packrite (0.0 TCR gap)
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US Gypsum Galena Park in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
US Gypsum Galena Park
2.9 TCR
- Packrite
Packrite
2.9 TCR
- New Indy Cataw
New Indy Catawba
2.9 TCR
- Greif-Rivervil
Greif-Riverville
2.9 TCR
- Greif Austell
Greif Austell Mill 2
2.9 TCR
What this shows US Gypsum Galena Park averages 2.9 TCR (88% of the Wallboard, Ready Mix Joint Treatment and Paper Mill BLS benchmark).
US Gypsum Galena Park TCR series: 2017=1.5 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=3 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 3.3
Where US Gypsum Galena Park falls in its industry
181 Wallboard, Ready Mix Joint Tr establishmentsSafer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Wallboard, Ready Mix Joint Tr employers in Texas.
US Gypsum Galena Park has more employees than the Wallboard, Ready Mix Joint Treatment an median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322130 · TX · Galena Park
181 Wallboard, Ready Mix Joint Treatment and Paper Mill employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 23 employers in Galena Park, 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 | Packrite | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | New Indy Catawba | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Greif-Riverville | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Greif Austell Mill 2 | 2.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | EL PASO TX SC N | 194 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Grandway West Office | 194 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Katy, TX (OPD Field) | 194 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Occidental OxyChem Ingleside TX | 194 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Enstructure Richardson I, LLC | 466 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Galena Park | 187 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | american plant food corporation | 170 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | National Oilwell Varco Galena Park | 116 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Winchester Farm | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | At Home Stores #155 | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dgdg 1, LLC | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ryeco, Inc. | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Charlotte Asphalt | 194 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 19VI | 194 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Montrose Molders | 194 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tribunal de Apelaciones | 194 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.