Steel Forging · Texas
Ellwood Texas Forge Houston
Houston, TX · ~117 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ellwood Texas Forge Houston runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Steel Forging workplace, earning a grade C.
Ellwood Texas Forge Houston: 3.8 TCR = 115% of Steel Forging BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ellwood Texas Forge Houston safety composite
Ellwood Texas Forge Houston scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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)
- C 3.8 per 100 workers
Safer than 66% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.76 per 100 workers
Safer than 56% 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
−1.3
2016→2024
Ellwood Texas Forge Houston injury rate improved
Ellwood Texas Forge Houston's TCR fell 1.3 from 3.1 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.1 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=3.2 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=7.4 · 2024=1.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332111 · Houston, TX ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 115% of ind
- DART 1.8 DART
- RANK #17/27
- PHOTO Apex Tool Group - Su…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 29 inj
- SIZE ~117 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Apex Tool Group - Sumter (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ellwood Texas Forge Houston in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Gerdau- Parago
Gerdau- Paragould RP
3.9 TCR
- Wyman Gordon F
Wyman Gordon Forgings, Inc.
3.9 TCR
- This site
Ellwood Texas Forge Houston
3.8 TCR
- Apex Tool Grou
Apex Tool Group - Sumter
3.8 TCR
- Alloy & Stainl
Alloy & Stainless Fasteners
3.8 TCR
What this shows Ellwood Texas Forge Houston averages 3.8 TCR (115% of the Steel Forging BLS benchmark).
Ellwood Texas Forge Houston TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=3.2 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=7.4 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Ellwood Texas Forge Houston falls in its industry
241 Steel Forging establishmentsSafer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 27 Steel Forging employers in Texas.
Ellwood Texas Forge Houston has more employees than the Steel Forging median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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 | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332111 · TX · Houston
241 Steel Forging 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 | Apex Tool Group - Sumter | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Alloy & Stainless Fasteners | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gerdau- Paragould RP | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wyman Gordon Forgings, Inc. | 3.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Genesis Energy Offshore Pipeline | 117 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Grayson-Collin Electric Cooper | 117 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Morrow Renewables | 117 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PICCo -06300241 Dow Gulfstream CRW | 117 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 | Brockport | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | County of Currituck | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CBSI Camden | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Charlottesville - Recreation | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Rehabilitation Hospital of the Northwest | 117 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Central Oil & Supply | 117 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | STR0549 | 117 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CA-Long Beach S/C | 117 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.