Ferrous forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished · Texas

Western of Texas Forge & Flange Co.

Kountze, TX · ~35 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western of Texas Forge & Flange Co. runs at 204% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ferrous forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished workplace, earning a grade F.

Western of Texas Forge & Flange Co.: 6.7 TCR = 204% of Ferrous forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western of Texas Forge & Flange Co. safety composite

Western of Texas Forge & Flange Co. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.6

2016→2018

Western of Texas Forge & Flange Co. injury rate improved

Western of Texas Forge & Flange Co.'s TCR fell 3.6 from 10.4 in 2016 to 6.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.4 · 2017=3.0 · 2018=6.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332111 · Kountze, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 204% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #27/27
  • PHOTO 6086_14492
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6086_14492 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Western of Texas Forge & Flange Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western of Texas Forge & Flange Co. averages 6.7 TCR (204% of the Ferrous forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS benchmark).

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

Western of Texas Forge & Flange Co. TCR series: 2016=10.4 · 2017=3 · 2018=6.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Western of Texas Forge & Flange Co. falls in its industry

241 Ferrous forgings made from pur establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 27 Ferrous forgings made from pur employers in Texas.

Western of Texas Forge & Flange Co. (35 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.0 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 Western of Texas Forge & Flange Co.
Western of Texas Forge & Flange Co. (35 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Western of Texas Forge & Flange Co. has fewer employees than the Ferrous forgings made from purchased iro median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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
2018 6.8 0.0 3 0 0
2017 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2016 10.4 3.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332111 · TX · Kountze

241 Ferrous forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5 employers in Kountze, 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 6086_14492 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mid-West Forge Corporation 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6086_14493 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bonney Forge 6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Southwest Feedyard 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE CDF Dairy 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. - Marion, TX 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Growers Select Produce, Inc. 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Store #36 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kountze Nursing Center 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Forged Components, Inc. - WOT 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR HONEY ISLAND MILL 26 FTE
NAT-TCR Technology Plastics LLC 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR PetersenDean Roofing and Solar Sacramento- Commercial Roofing 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Henges Insulation and Fireplaces 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR KCP&L - Lee's Summit Service Center 6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Compassionate Care Hospice of Bethlehem 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ocy - Nb Starr 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE RidgeView Assisted Living 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Springfield Woodside 35 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: 2018, 2017, 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.