Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers · Texas

Metal Prep Houston

Name: Metal Prep Houston Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Houston, TX · ~46 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Metal Prep Houston runs at 100% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers workplace, earning a grade C.

Metal Prep Houston: 3.3 TCR = 100% of Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metal Prep Houston safety composite

Metal Prep Houston scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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).

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

Metal Prep Houston: 3.7 → 4.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 4.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.28× in 2018

Metal Prep Houston's TCR rose 0.5 from 3.7 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332812 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 100% of ind

DART 4.2 DART
RANK #38/69
PHOTO Matlab - Hwy 49
BOOK 3y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Matlab - Hwy 49 (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.3
Matlab - Hwy 4

3.3
First American

3.3
Gotec Plus Sun

3.3
Capron Manufac

3.3

What this shows Metal Prep Houston averages 3.3 TCR (100% of the Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers BLS benchmark).

Metal Prep Houston TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=1.9 · 2018=4.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Metal Prep Houston falls in its industry

646 Metal Coating, Engraving (exce establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 69 Metal Coating, Engraving (exce employers in Texas.

Metal Prep Houston (46 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Metal Prep Houston has fewer employees than the Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2018	4.2	4.2	2
2017	1.9	0.0	1
2016	3.7	3.7	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332812 · TX · Houston

646 Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers 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	Matlab - Hwy 49	ASHEBORO, NC	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	First American Resources Company LLC	MABLETON, GA	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Gotec Plus Sun LLC.	WILLIAMSTOWN, KY	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Capron Manufacturing	CAPRON, IL	3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Coolwater	HUNT	46 FTE
STATE-SIZE	HALE CENTER FEED YARD	HALE CENTER	46 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wrangler Feedyard	TULIA	46 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SPG TEXAS COMPLEX -EST	MIAMI	46 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	Penske : 5076-00 Kroger-DCM/Shelbyville, IN	Shelbyville, IN	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	REN016 Harrisburg	Harrisburg, PA	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Saddle Brook, NJ	Saddle Brook, NJ	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	D1 - Wilmington Bedding/Dinning	Wilmington, DE	3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Metl-Span North Las Vegas	North Las Vegas, NV	46 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Atrium Post Acute Care of Chilton	Chilton, WI	46 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Penske : 3192-00 Whirlpool/Seattle, WA	Spanaway, WA	46 FTE
NAT-SIZE	AMEREN MISSOURI - System Relay Services	Maryland Heights, MO	46 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.