Tempering metals and metal products for the trade · Texas

Ellwood Closed Die Group C and J

Name: Ellwood Closed Die Group C and J Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Houston, TX · ~23 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ellwood Closed Die Group C and J runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Tempering metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Ellwood Closed Die Group C and J: 4.5 TCR = 138% of Tempering metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ellwood Closed Die Group C and J safety composite

Ellwood Closed Die Group C and J scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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).

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

Ellwood Closed Die Group C and J: 3.0 → 6.0 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 6.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2021

Ellwood Closed Die Group C and J's TCR rose 3.0 from 3.0 in 2019 to 6.0 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Houston, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 138% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #13/16
PHOTO Super Steel Treating
BOOK 3y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Super Steel Treating (0.0 TCR gap)

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Standard Heat

4.6
This site

4.5
Super Steel Tr

4.5
Godfrey & Wing

4.5
Lawrence Indus

4.5

What this shows Ellwood Closed Die Group C and J averages 4.5 TCR (138% of the Tempering metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

Ellwood Closed Die Group C and J TCR series: 2019=3 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=6 · BLS 3.3

Where Ellwood Closed Die Group C and J falls in its industry

248 Tempering metals and metal pro establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 16 Tempering metals and metal pro employers in Texas.

Ellwood Closed Die Group C and J (23 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Ellwood Closed Die Group C and J has fewer employees than the Tempering metals and metal products for median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2021	6.0	0.0	1	0
2020	4.6	0.0	0	1
2019	3.0	3.0	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · TX · Houston

248 Tempering 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	Super Steel Treating	WARREN, MI	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Godfrey & Wing Service Center Toledo	TOLEDO, OH	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lawrence Industries, Inc.	HASTINGS, NE	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Standard Heat Treating	CICERO, IL	4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Houston South Mill Distribution, LLC	HOUSTON	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Smallhold, Buda	BUDA	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AMARILLO SOD FARM	AMARILLO	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	VISITORS MANAGEMENT	KINGSVILLE	23 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	254850-Jenison Po	Jenison, MI	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	8032 Greencastle Antrim School District	Greencastle, PA	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Main Campus	Sidney, OH	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	CN - Springfield	Springfield, PA	4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Northwest Production & Farming	Pasco, WA	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Blanchard Machinery Company- Columbia EPG	West Columbia, SC	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	J. P. Thomas & Co. Inc.	Asheboro, NC	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sierra Airfreight Express - RNO	Sparks, NV	23 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.