Vessels, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing · Texas

VME Fabricators

Tyler, TX · ~155 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

VME Fabricators runs at 43% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Vessels, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

VME Fabricators: 1.4 TCR = 43% of Vessels, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VME Fabricators safety composite

VME Fabricators scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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

VME Fabricators: 0.7 → 2.2 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 2.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.39× in 2023

VME Fabricators's TCR rose 1.5 from 0.7 in 2022 to 2.2 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332420 · Tyler, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 43% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #22/64
  • PHOTO WC Columbus
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~155 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WC Columbus (0.0 TCR gap)

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VME Fabricators in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows VME Fabricators averages 1.4 TCR (43% 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

VME Fabricators TCR series: 2022=0.7 · 2023=2.2 · BLS 3.3

Where VME Fabricators falls in its industry

355 Vessels, heavy gauge metal, ma establishments

Safer than 83% 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 #22 safest of 64 Vessels, heavy gauge metal, ma employers in Texas.

VME Fabricators (155 employees, TCR 1.4) 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 VME Fabricators
VME Fabricators (155 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6

VME Fabricators has more 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 2.2 0.6 4 0 0
2022 0.7 0.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332420 · TX · Tyler

355 Vessels, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 357 employers in Tyler, 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 WC Columbus 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mueller Environmental Designs, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR WW Tank & Vessel 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blackeagle Fabrication 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oncor Electric Delivery Southeast Transmission 155 FTE
STATE-SIZE West DOC 155 FTE
STATE-SIZE Powerhouse Financial Services 155 FTE
STATE-SIZE BAR Constructors Inc 155 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tyler - CTMF 380 3,897 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tyler Main Hospital 2,205 FTE
CITY-NEAR Residential HVAC and Supply : MFG-Tyler,TX-USA 2,173 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trinity Clinic - CTMF 381 1,705 FTE
NAT-TCR VT - Williston - 687 Marshall Ave - Keurig Green Mountain Inc 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Teichert Pipelines North 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Foodservice : COVINGTON 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR ATR Lighting Enterprises Inc - Missouri 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE NOV Fiberglass Systems 155 FTE
NAT-SIZE Charlie's Produce Irwindale 155 FTE
NAT-SIZE Evergreen Packaging - Kalamazoo 155 FTE
NAT-SIZE GM Wood Products 155 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, 2022. 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.