Smelting nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary · Texas
Houston Metal
Houston, TX · ~77 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Houston Metal runs at 130% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Smelting nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary workplace, earning a grade D.
Houston Metal: 4.3 TCR = 130% of Smelting nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Houston Metal safety composite
Houston Metal scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).
34/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 42% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.73 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% 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
Houston Metal: 2.1 → 4.7 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 8.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.1× in 2024
Houston Metal's TCR rose 2.6 from 2.1 in 2016 to 4.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331492 · Houston, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 130% of ind
- DART 4.7 DART
- RANK #10/13
- PHOTO Revere Smelting & Re…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~77 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Revere Smelting & Refining (0.1 TCR gap)
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Houston Metal in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Ames Advanced
Ames Advanced Material Corp.
4.5 TCR
- Rockwood Facil
Rockwood Facility
4.4 TCR
- H. Kramer & Co
H. Kramer & Co.
4.4 TCR
- This site
Houston Metal
4.3 TCR
- Revere Smeltin
Revere Smelting & Refining
4.2 TCR
What this shows Houston Metal averages 4.3 TCR (130% of the Smelting nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary BLS benchmark).
Houston Metal TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=2.1 · 2023=8.3 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Houston Metal falls in its industry
132 Smelting nonferrous metals (ex establishmentsSafer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 13 Smelting nonferrous metals (ex employers in Texas.
Houston Metal has more 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 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 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 | Revere Smelting & Refining | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rockwood Facility | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | H. Kramer & Co. | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ames Advanced Material Corp. | 4.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | FLOYDADA COOP GIN 2 | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Holman Well Service | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Woodlands Service Center | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | D.R. Horton, Inc. - Huntsville | 77 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 | Pak Technologies - Granville | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Church Hill | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Great Lakes Superior Walls | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dorsey Excavating Inc | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Weir ESCO - Plant 3 | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hexa Americas, Inc. | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Service Metal Fabricating | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | J.W. Bamford, Inc. | 77 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.