Storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing · Missouri

J. L. Houston Co.

Hopkins, MO · ~45 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

J. L. Houston Co. runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

J. L. Houston Co.: 2.3 TCR = 70% of Storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J. L. Houston Co. safety composite

J. L. Houston Co. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

J. L. Houston Co.: 2.2 → 6.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 2.65× in 2024

J. L. Houston Co.'s TCR rose 3.9 from 2.2 in 2018 to 6.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332420 · Hopkins, MO AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 70% of ind

  • DART 6.1 DART
  • RANK #5/9
  • PHOTO M.E. Industries, Inc.
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: M.E. Industries, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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J. L. Houston Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows J. L. Houston Co. averages 2.3 TCR (70% of the Storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

J. L. Houston Co. TCR series: 2018=2.2 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=6.1 · BLS 3.3

Where J. L. Houston Co. falls in its industry

355 Storage tanks, heavy gauge met establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 9 Storage tanks, heavy gauge met employers in Missouri.

J. L. Houston Co. (45 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate J. L. Houston Co.
J. L. Houston Co. (45 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6

J. L. Houston Co. has fewer employees than the Storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufa median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 6.1 6.1 3 0 0
2023 3.9 0.0 2 0 0
2022 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2018 2.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332420 · MO · Hopkins

355 Storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 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 M.E. Industries, Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Onken's Inc - Easton 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Forum Energy Technologies - Guthrie 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tank Connection 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE 80X - Nuclear - Leadership Team 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Barry Electric Cooperative, Inc. 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE 052 - Mackenzie 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Macon Electric Cooperative 45 FTE
NAT-TCR Student Transit, Richmond, IN 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ingram Readymix, Inc.-Beaumont Hwy #34 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Cosma Body Assembly Michigan 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Port Sutton 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Minnesota Valley Cooperative Center #978 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lincolnia Senior Residences 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bell Nursery - Marydel 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3D Stone 45 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.