Wall Board and Quarry · Texas
US Gypsum Sweetwater
Sweetwater, TX · ~244 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
US Gypsum Sweetwater runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Wall Board and Quarry workplace, earning a grade C.
US Gypsum Sweetwater: 3.1 TCR = 94% of Wall Board and Quarry BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
US Gypsum Sweetwater safety composite
US Gypsum Sweetwater scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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).
48/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 3.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 32% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 64% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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
−1.9
2017→2024
US Gypsum Sweetwater injury rate improved
US Gypsum Sweetwater's TCR fell 1.9 from 3.0 in 2017 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=3.0 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=5.0 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=4.1 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=1.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 327420 · Sweetwater, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 94% of ind
- DART 0.4 DART
- RANK #7/10
- PHOTO 101 - Milledgeville
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 61 inj
- SIZE ~244 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 101 - Milledgeville (0.0 TCR gap)
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US Gypsum Sweetwater in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Freeman Produc
Freeman Products, Inc.
3.2 TCR
- This site
US Gypsum Sweetwater
3.1 TCR
- 101 - Milledge
101 - Milledgeville
3.1 TCR
- GA295 Savannah
GA295 Savannah Gypsum
3.1 TCR
- Gold Bond Buil
Gold Bond Building Products
3 TCR
What this shows US Gypsum Sweetwater averages 3.1 TCR (94% of the Wall Board and Quarry BLS benchmark).
US Gypsum Sweetwater TCR series: 2017=3 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=5 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=4.1 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 3.3
Where US Gypsum Sweetwater falls in its industry
123 Wall Board and Quarry establishmentsSafer than 32% 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 10 Wall Board and Quarry employers in Texas.
US Gypsum Sweetwater has more employees than the Wall Board and Quarry 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 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.0 | 1.6 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
327420 · TX · Sweetwater
123 Wall Board and Quarry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 23 employers in Sweetwater, 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 | 101 - Milledgeville | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | GA295 Savannah Gypsum | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gold Bond Building Products | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Freeman Products, Inc. | 3.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Amherst Construction, LLC | 244 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Construction | 244 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lone Star Paving - Harold Green | 244 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Harper Brothers Construction | 244 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ludlum Measurements, Inc. | 412 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 3381 | 205 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 3381 | 204 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | TX255 Sweetwater Gypsum West | 168 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc. | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bakersfield Location | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Keeley & Sons, Inc. | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Traffic & Parking Control Company | 244 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ginsberg's Foods Hudson NY | 244 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lci - 068 | 244 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Willamina Lumber Company | 244 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.