Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade · Texas
Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Houston Heat Treat
Houston, TX · ~20 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Houston Heat Treat runs at 95% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade C.
Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Houston Heat Treat: 3.1 TCR = 95% of Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Houston Heat Treat safety composite
Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Houston Heat Treat scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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).
66/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.12 per 100 workers
Safer than 63% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 79% 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
−6.0
2017→2024
Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Houston Heat Treat injury rate improved
Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Houston Heat Treat's TCR fell 6.0 from 6.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=6.0 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=4.3 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332811 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 95% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #8/16
- PHOTO Bluewater Thermal So…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~20 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Rockford (0.0 TCR gap)
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Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Houston Heat Treat in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Altenloh Brinc
Altenloh Brinck & Company
3.2 TCR
- This site
Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Houston Heat Treat
3.1 TCR
- Bluewater Ther
Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Rockford
3.1 TCR
- Bodycote Therm
Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Morristown
3.1 TCR
- Kowalski Heat
Kowalski Heat Treating Company
3.1 TCR
What this shows Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Houston Heat Treat averages 3.1 TCR (95% of the Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).
Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Houston Heat Treat TCR series: 2017=6 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=4.3 · 2022=0 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3
Where Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Houston Heat Treat falls in its industry
248 Heat treating metals and metal establishmentsSafer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 16 Heat treating metals and metal employers in Texas.
Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Houston Heat Treat has fewer employees than the Heat treating metals and metal products median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332811 · TX · Houston
248 Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, 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 | Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Rockford | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Morristown | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kowalski Heat Treating Company | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Altenloh Brinck & Company | 3.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Black Gold Farms TXP | 20 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CANNONADE SOD FARM | 20 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Farmers Cooperative Society #1 | 20 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Slaton Coop Gin | 20 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | IAH IAH | 11,560 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices | 10,239 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6925-IAH | 9,442 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center | 8,873 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Mersen USA St Marys | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Memorial Health Care Systems | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | OFS Brands Plant 6 | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | plain city | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Ridgway | 20 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Thorstad Construction Co. Inc | 20 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | C&S Distributing, Inc | 20 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Columbia DREMC | 20 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.