Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers · Texas

172 La Porte, TX (RDC)

La Porte, TX · ~216 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

172 La Porte, TX (RDC) runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

172 La Porte, TX (RDC): 2.3 TCR = 104% of Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

172 La Porte, TX (RDC) safety composite

172 La Porte, TX (RDC) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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%).

172 La Porte, TX (RDC) held a steady TCR band

172 La Porte, TX (RDC)'s TCR held near 0.1 from 0.7 in 2018 to 0.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.7 · 2019=5.5 · 2021=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · La Porte, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.3 · 104% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #44/119
  • PHOTO Metals USA - Horicon
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~216 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Metals USA - Horicon (0.0 TCR gap)

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172 La Porte, TX (RDC) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 172 La Porte, TX (RDC) averages 2.3 TCR (104% of the Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

172 La Porte, TX (RDC) TCR series: 2018=0.7 · 2019=5.5 · 2021=0.6 · BLS 2.2

Where 172 La Porte, TX (RDC) falls in its industry

1,299 Metal Service Centers and Othe establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #44 safest of 119 Metal Service Centers and Othe employers in Texas.

172 La Porte, TX (RDC) (216 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 172 La Porte, TX (RDC)
172 La Porte, TX (RDC) (216 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

172 La Porte, TX (RDC) has more employees than the Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Me median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2021 0.6 0.3 2 0 0
2019 5.5 4.1 5 3 0
2018 0.7 0.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · TX · La Porte

1,299 Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 170 employers in La Porte, 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 Metals USA - Horicon 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chicago Tube and Iron Company Romeoville Fabrication 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heidtman Steel Products Inc.-Butler Sheet 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Friedman Decatur 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE EL PASO TX SC 216 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oil and Gas Pipeline and Related Structures Construction 216 FTE
STATE-SIZE Osburn Trucking and Pumping 216 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spartan Reinforcing, LLC - Houston, TX - 200538043 216 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stronghold, Ltd. 2,821 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stronghold Specialty, Ltd. 1,662 FTE
CITY-NEAR TURN 2 Specialty Companies 1,384 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dashiell Corp/Dacon Corp 973 FTE
NAT-TCR AR FRT - Springdale 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Jacksonville FS (SSS, CSS) 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Symbii South-Price 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Valentine Commons 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Casa de la Luz Hospice 216 FTE
NAT-SIZE 55-Suffern Distribution Center 216 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roche Bros. Supermarkets - Quincy 216 FTE
NAT-SIZE Simmons Janesville 216 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: 2021, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.