Printing paper, bulk, merchant wholesalers · Texas

Western BRW Paper Co

Carrollton, TX · ~46 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western BRW Paper Co runs at 190% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Printing paper, bulk, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Western BRW Paper Co: 4.2 TCR = 190% of Printing paper, bulk, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western BRW Paper Co safety composite

Western BRW Paper Co scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−4.5

2022→2024

Western BRW Paper Co injury rate improved

Western BRW Paper Co's TCR fell 4.5 from 4.5 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.5 · 2023=8.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424110 · Carrollton, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 190% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/12
  • PHOTO Pratt Retail Special…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC Sauk Village, IL (0.1 TCR gap)

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Western BRW Paper Co in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western BRW Paper Co averages 4.2 TCR (190% of the Printing paper, bulk, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Western BRW Paper Co TCR series: 2022=4.5 · 2023=8.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Western BRW Paper Co falls in its industry

116 Printing paper, bulk, merchant establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 12 Printing paper, bulk, merchant employers in Texas.

Western BRW Paper Co (46 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 050100150200 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Western BRW Paper Co
Western BRW Paper Co (46 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Western BRW Paper Co has more employees than the Printing paper, bulk, merchant wholesale median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 8.1 0.0 3 0 0
2022 4.5 2.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424110 · TX · Carrollton

116 Printing paper, bulk, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 331 employers in Carrollton, 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 Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC Sauk Village, IL 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Paper Corporation 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Case Makes 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lindenmeyr Central Islip 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Coolwater 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE HALE CENTER FEED YARD 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wrangler Feedyard 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE SPG TEXAS COMPLEX -EST 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4263-35281 2,390 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Brandt Companies, LLC 2,166 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elite Line Services - Amazon Account 1,669 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thomson Reuters - Carrollton 1,520 FTE
NAT-TCR Arizona Tile- Tempe 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 3099 H Peachtree Corners - Jos a Bank 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 10647 Tysons Corner 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Millstone Management Group, Inc. 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE BF 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE MPX New Jersey 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Univ of Denver Catering 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roe Painting, Inc 46 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. 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.