Fence posts, iron or steel, made in iron and steel mills · Texas

W. Silver, Inc.

Vinton, TX · ~139 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

W. Silver, Inc. runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Fence posts, iron or steel, made in iron and steel mills workplace, earning a grade B.

W. Silver, Inc.: 2.4 TCR = 74% of Fence posts, iron or steel, made in iron and steel mills BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

W. Silver, Inc. safety composite

W. Silver, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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 2.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−1.6

2016→2024

W. Silver, Inc. injury rate improved

W. Silver, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.6 from 3.7 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.7 · 2018=2.0 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=2.6 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331110 · Vinton, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 74% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #14/28
  • PHOTO Quality Industries o…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~139 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Quality Industries of America (0.0 TCR gap)

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W. Silver, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows W. Silver, Inc. averages 2.4 TCR (74% of the Fence posts, iron or steel, made in iron and steel mills BLS benchmark).

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

W. Silver, Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2018=2 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=2.6 · 2022=2 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where W. Silver, Inc. falls in its industry

416 Fence posts, iron or steel, ma establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 28 Fence posts, iron or steel, ma employers in Texas.

W. Silver, Inc. (139 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate W. Silver, Inc.
W. Silver, Inc. (139 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7

W. Silver, Inc. has fewer employees than the Fence posts, iron or steel, made in iron median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 2.1 1.4 3 0 0
2023 2.1 1.4 3 0 0
2022 2.0 2.0 3 0 0
2020 2.6 1.3 4 0 0
2019 2.6 2.6 4 0 0
2018 2.0 2.0 3 0 0
2016 3.7 2.9 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331110 · TX · Vinton

416 Fence posts, iron or steel, made in iron and steel mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 13 employers in Vinton, 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 Quality Industries of America 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Steel Dynamics Flat Roll Group - Iron Dynamics 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Indiana Steel Fabricating, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ArcelorMittal Corporate - Richfield (EIN 710871875) 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE PAB 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midland 6913 N FM 1788, Midland, TX 79707 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE SOSF-Lancaster 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE BENBROOK SV CTR 139 FTE
CITY-NEAR KYOEI STEEL AMERICA, LLC 386 FTE
CITY-NEAR VINTON STEEL, LLC. 371 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tri-State Electric, Ltd 144 FTE
CITY-NEAR Westen Dairy Transport-Vinton 128 FTE
NAT-TCR Tilden 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR SubCom Cable Systems, LLC 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Madisonville - Fire 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Arlon Graphics, LLC 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cane Bay Middle School 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE IT Gov Plaza 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE Town of Suffield 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE O&M - Oroville Field Division 139 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, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.