Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers · Texas

CSC - Houston

Houston, TX · ~116 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

CSC - Houston runs at 348% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

CSC - Houston: 7.7 TCR = 348% of Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CSC - Houston safety composite

CSC - Houston scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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

11/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

−1.0

2017→2024

CSC - Houston injury rate improved

CSC - Houston's TCR fell 1.0 from 11.0 in 2017 to 10.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.0 · 2018=10.4 · 2019=9.8 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=5.4 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=10.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Houston, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 348% of ind

  • DART 6.7 DART
  • RANK #106/119
  • PHOTO Warminster
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 73 inj
  • SIZE ~116 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Warminster (0.0 TCR gap)

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CSC - Houston in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CSC - Houston averages 7.7 TCR (348% 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

CSC - Houston TCR series: 2017=11 · 2018=10.4 · 2019=9.8 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=5.4 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=10 · BLS 2.2

Where CSC - Houston falls in its industry

1,299 Metal Service Centers and Othe establishments

Safer than 17% 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 #106 safest of 119 Metal Service Centers and Othe employers in Texas.

CSC - Houston (116 employees, TCR 7.7) 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 CSC - Houston
CSC - Houston (116 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

CSC - Houston has more employees than the Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Me median and a higher 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
2024 10.0 6.7 15 0 0
2023 6.5 5.7 7 1 0
2022 4.3 3.5 5 0 1
2021 5.4 4.3 5 0 0
2020 3.8 2.9 4 0 0
2019 9.8 9.8 12 0 0
2018 10.4 10.4 12 0 0
2017 11.0 7.6 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · TX · Houston

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 · 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 Warminster 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Jersey 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 03 - Oshkosh 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR BRANCH 33 7.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE 103173 - GE-USLNG Trains-1-5 Pad Assembly 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bandera Electric Cooperative 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE NACOGDOCHES 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Houston Non-GBU Office 116 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 Parks and Recreation 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Broken Arrow 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR M. L. Caccamise Electric Corp. 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Chetek Core Products 7.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pottsville PA Drivers 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ronile, Inc. 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Haldex Brake Products Corp 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quality Cleaning Inc. DBA QC Companies 116 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.