Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers · Texas

Merfish United Houston

Name: Merfish United Houston Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Houston, TX · ~75 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.6
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Merfish United Houston runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Merfish United Houston: 1.6 TCR = 71% of Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merfish United Houston safety composite

Merfish United Houston scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% 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).

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−3.1

2021→2022

Merfish United Houston injury rate improved

Merfish United Houston's TCR fell 3.1 from 3.1 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=3.1 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 71% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #30/119
PHOTO 022 Monessen, PA (RDC)
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 022 Monessen, PA (RDC) (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Merfish United Houston averages 1.6 TCR (71% of the Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Merfish United Houston TCR series: 2021=3.1 · 2022=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Merfish United Houston falls in its industry

1,299 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesal establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 119 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesal employers in Texas.

Merfish United Houston (75 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Merfish United Houston has more employees than the Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers median and a lower 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
2022	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2021	3.1	3.1	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · TX · Houston

1,299 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers 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	022 Monessen, PA (RDC)	MONESSEN, PA	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	HRS	ARLINGTON, TX	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	North Shore Ford Steel	MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MI	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Yarde Metals Pelham NH	PELHAM, NH	1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Crownover Farms dba Lone Star Family Farms	SUNRAY	75 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Village farms Marfa 1	MARFA	75 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rice, TX	RICE	75 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CACTUS OPERATING	AMARILLO	75 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	Thompson Industrial Services LLC, Divsion 38	Jacksonville, FL	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	McCoy Global	Broussard, LA	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Calcon Constructors Inc	Englewood, CO	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cytec Engineered Materials Inc.	Havre De Grace, MD	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Milwaukee Airport 4424	Milwaukee, WI	75 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Venia Conctracting LLC	Woodbury, NY	75 FTE
NAT-SIZE	City of Darien	Darien, IL	75 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hamlin Newco LLC	Akron, OH	75 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: 2022, 2021. 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.