Steel merchant wholesalers · Texas

Delta Steel Inc.

Houston, TX · ~91 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Delta Steel Inc. runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Steel merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Delta Steel Inc.: 2.7 TCR = 122% of Steel merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Delta Steel Inc. safety composite

Delta Steel Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

−0.7

2021→2022

Delta Steel Inc. injury rate improved

Delta Steel Inc.'s TCR fell 0.7 from 3.0 in 2021 to 2.3 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=3.0 · 2022=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 2.7 · 122% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #50/119
  • PHOTO Lapham-Hickey Steel …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lapham-Hickey Steel Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Delta Steel Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Delta Steel Inc. averages 2.7 TCR (122% of the Steel merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Delta Steel Inc. TCR series: 2021=3 · 2022=2.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Delta Steel Inc. falls in its industry

1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 66% 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 #50 safest of 119 Steel merchant wholesalers employers in Texas.

Delta Steel Inc. (91 employees, TCR 2.7) 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 Delta Steel Inc.
Delta Steel Inc. (91 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Delta Steel Inc. has more employees than the Steel merchant wholesalers 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
2022 2.3 2.3 3 0 0
2021 3.0 2.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · TX · Houston

1,299 Steel 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 Lapham-Hickey Steel Corporation 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR J2 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bedford Heights Division 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Olympic Metals 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE South Texas Oilfield Solutions, LLC 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quadvest LP 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE D.R. Horton, Inc. - North Central Texas 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Leyendecker Builders & Contractors, Inc. 91 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 Emporia Place 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 273289-Hattiesburg Po 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 456410-North Myrtle Beach Po 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Blue Water Lodge 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Riverside Therapy Service, Inc. 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Olmsted Medical Center 3rd Ave Bldg 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3792 Family Fare (Blair, Ne) 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE American House - Stuart Lodge 91 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: 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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