Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · Texas

Westx Packaging

Lubbock, TX · ~34 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Westx Packaging runs at 330% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Westx Packaging: 10.9 TCR = 330% of Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Westx Packaging safety composite

Westx Packaging scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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

−10.2

2020→2023

Westx Packaging injury rate improved

Westx Packaging's TCR fell 10.2 from 17.0 in 2020 to 6.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 17.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=17.0 · 2021=11.9 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=6.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322220 · Lubbock, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.9 · 330% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #17/17
  • PHOTO Troy Laminating and …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Troy Laminating and Coating Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Westx Packaging in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Westx Packaging averages 10.9 TCR (330% of the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Westx Packaging TCR series: 2020=17 · 2021=11.9 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=6.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Westx Packaging falls in its industry

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 17 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in Texas.

Westx Packaging (34 employees, TCR 10.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Westx Packaging
Westx Packaging (34 employees, TCR 10.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Westx Packaging has fewer employees than the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper M median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 6.8 2.3 3 0 0
2022 7.7 2.6 3 0 0
2021 11.9 6.0 4 0 0
2020 17.0 3.4 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322220 · TX · Lubbock

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 482 employers in Lubbock, 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 Troy Laminating and Coating Inc. 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR NISSHA Metallizing Solutions Ltd. 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amery Technical Products Inc. 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Colonial Bag Company, Inc 11.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE SOUTHWEST FEED YARD 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bartlett Cattle Company, L.P. - Tulia 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pineywoods 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE TXP 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR A01 Covenant Medical Center 3,178 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2004-20049000 2,269 FTE
CITY-NEAR FALCON HEALTHCARE INC DBA INTERIM HEALTHCARE 2,046 FTE
CITY-NEAR Covenant Health System 1,761 FTE
NAT-TCR Gunite Work Inc 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ridgefield Supply Company 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Whitlock Place 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sitka 10.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Meridian, MS 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hoffman Structures of America Inc 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE IA - Barilla Overflow (Ames) 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Duluth/Superior MN FXFE-DLH 34 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, 2021, 2020. 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.