Pig iron merchant wholesalers · Texas

Earl M. Jorgensen Co.

Houston, TX · ~42 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Earl M. Jorgensen Co. runs at 147% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pig iron merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Earl M. Jorgensen Co.: 3.2 TCR = 147% of Pig iron merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Earl M. Jorgensen Co. safety composite

Earl M. Jorgensen Co. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% 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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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%).

Earl M. Jorgensen Co. held a steady TCR band

Earl M. Jorgensen Co.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=0.0 · 2021=10.5 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 3.2 · 147% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #65/119
  • PHOTO Earle M. Jorgensen C…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Earle M. Jorgensen Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Earl M. Jorgensen Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Earl M. Jorgensen Co. averages 3.2 TCR (147% of the Pig iron merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Earl M. Jorgensen Co. TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=10.5 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Earl M. Jorgensen Co. falls in its industry

1,299 Pig iron merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 57% 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 #65 safest of 119 Pig iron merchant wholesalers employers in Texas.

Earl M. Jorgensen Co. (42 employees, TCR 3.2) 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 Earl M. Jorgensen Co.
Earl M. Jorgensen Co. (42 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Earl M. Jorgensen Co. has fewer employees than the Pig iron 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2021 10.5 7.9 2 2 1
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · TX · Houston

1,299 Pig iron 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 Earle M. Jorgensen Company 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR TKSS - Richburg 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryerson- Eldridge 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metals USA Newark 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Headquarters Southeast 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Littlefield Feedyard 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE TEXAS BEEF PRODUCERS 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3-H Dairy LLC 42 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 Tierra Blanca FLC, Inc 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Country Cupboard Inn 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Powell Electric 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR SGL Technic LLC 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Avera Health Avera St Mary's Hospital Campus 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Logitech, Inc. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE LaGrou Chicago Cold 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Morello Concrete Construction, Inc. 42 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, 2021, 2020. 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.