Smelting nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary · Texas

Houston Dust

Houston, TX · ~21 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Houston Dust runs at 117% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Smelting nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary workplace, earning a grade C.

Houston Dust: 3.9 TCR = 117% of Smelting nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Houston Dust safety composite

Houston Dust scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−7.7

2023→2024

Houston Dust injury rate improved

Houston Dust's TCR fell 7.7 from 7.7 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=7.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331492 · Houston, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 117% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/13
  • PHOTO Conecsus Tejas
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Conecsus Tejas (0.0 TCR gap)

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Houston Dust in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Houston Dust averages 3.9 TCR (117% of the Smelting nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary BLS benchmark).

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

Houston Dust TCR series: 2023=7.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Houston Dust falls in its industry

132 Smelting nonferrous metals (ex establishments

Safer than 45% 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 #8 safest of 13 Smelting nonferrous metals (ex employers in Texas.

Houston Dust (21 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Houston Dust
Houston Dust (21 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Houston Dust has fewer employees than the Smelting nonferrous metals (except alumi median and a higher 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 7.7 5.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331492 · TX · Houston

132 Smelting nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary 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 Conecsus Tejas 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metallix MTX-B1 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Luxfer Saxonburg 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metalwerks, Inc. 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Grass Roots Farming LLC. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dawn Cattle Feeders 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Twin Lakes Dairy LP 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE SEABOARD FOODS LP TEXAS MAINT 21 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 Foodway, Inc. 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR H & H Tool 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Quality Machine & Welding 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Lusamerica Foods, Inc. 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE ABB Inc Charlotte Service Center 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oviedo 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE USA Albany 737 Albany Intl 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Monarch Place 21 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. 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.