Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade · Texas

Del's Plating Works

Name: Del's Plating Works Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Houston, TX · ~36 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Del's Plating Works runs at 20% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade A.

Del's Plating Works: 0.7 TCR = 20% of Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Del's Plating Works safety composite

Del's Plating Works scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

Del's Plating Works: 2.3 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 3.0 TCR · DART/TCR 4.5× in 2023

Del's Plating Works's TCR rose 0.7 from 2.3 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 4.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 20% of ind

DART 3.0 DART
RANK #5/43
PHOTO west michigan metal …
BOOK 8y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: west michigan metal services inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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0.6

What this shows Del's Plating Works averages 0.7 TCR (20% of the Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

Del's Plating Works TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=3 · BLS 3.3

Where Del's Plating Works falls in its industry

585 Anodizing metals and metal pro establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 43 Anodizing metals and metal pro employers in Texas.

Del's Plating Works (36 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Del's Plating Works has fewer employees than the Anodizing metals and metal products for 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
2023	3.0	3.0	1
2022	0.0	0.0	0
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0
2016	2.3	2.3	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · TX · Houston

585 Anodizing 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	west michigan metal services inc	MUSKEGON, MI	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lincoln Industries - South	LINCOLN, NE	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Raytheon_Dallas_TX_ RPM_Lemmon Avenue	DALLAS, TX	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Richleray Corporation	DENVER, CO	0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	FRONTIER FEED YARD	SPEARMAN	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Paco Feedyard	FRIONA	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Coyote Lake Feedyard Inc.	MULESHOE	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Unlimited Contract Services Waelder	WAELDER	36 FTE
CITY-NEAR	IAH IAH	Houston	11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR	IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices	Houston	10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6925-IAH	Houston	9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center	Houston	8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR	Aztec Services Group, Inc.	Cincinnati, OH	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Nashville Resource Center - PNG	Nashville, TN	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Heart of the Harvest, Inc	Hartford, CT	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Springfield Office	Springfield, MO	0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Price Rite Store 569 Rosedale	Baltimore, PA	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Woods Senior Care	Griffin, GA	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	M&J Construction Company	Springfield, KY	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hunter Trees	Alpine, AL	36 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.