Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Texas

CMC Recycling Houston

Houston, TX · ~59 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CMC Recycling Houston runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

CMC Recycling Houston: 1.2 TCR = 54% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CMC Recycling Houston safety composite

CMC Recycling Houston scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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%).

Rising injury rate

CMC Recycling Houston: 0.0 → 1.6 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 3.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

CMC Recycling Houston's TCR rose 1.6 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.2 · 54% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #15/101
  • PHOTO OmniSource, LLC - Br…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: OmniSource, LLC - Bronco (0.0 TCR gap)

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CMC Recycling Houston in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CMC Recycling Houston averages 1.2 TCR (54% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

CMC Recycling Houston TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 2.2

Where CMC Recycling Houston falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 101 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Texas.

CMC Recycling Houston (59 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate CMC Recycling Houston
CMC Recycling Houston (59 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

CMC Recycling Houston has more employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2024 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2023 1.4 1.4 0 1 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2018 3.2 0.0 2 0 0
2017 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · TX · Houston

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers 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 OmniSource, LLC - Bronco 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR In-Plas Recycling, Inc 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SteelCoast LLC, Company 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tampa Shredder 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Omega Protein INC. 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Plainview SPSC 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Beckville Mine 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE NRG - T.H. Wharton 59 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 925 Hempstead Tpke 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Cameron Hill Bldg. 1-5, Garage - Shared Health 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR KKC 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Customer Service Group Harrisburg Repair Center 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Knoxville - 11 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Norac Pharma 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brinkman Products, Inc. 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gates Albert, Inc. 59 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.