Mini-mills, steel · Texas

Optimus Steel LLC

Vidor, TX · ~358 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Optimus Steel LLC runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Mini-mills, steel workplace, earning a grade C.

Optimus Steel LLC: 3.7 TCR = 112% of Mini-mills, steel BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Optimus Steel LLC safety composite

Optimus Steel LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% 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).

D

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−0.5

2022→2024

Optimus Steel LLC injury rate improved

Optimus Steel LLC's TCR fell 0.5 from 3.6 in 2022 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.6 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331110 · Vidor, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 112% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #17/28
  • PHOTO Lapham-Hickey Steel …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 50 inj
  • SIZE ~358 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp (0.0 TCR gap)

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Optimus Steel LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Optimus Steel LLC averages 3.7 TCR (112% of the Mini-mills, steel BLS benchmark).

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

Optimus Steel LLC TCR series: 2022=3.6 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Optimus Steel LLC falls in its industry

416 Mini-mills, steel establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 28 Mini-mills, steel employers in Texas.

Optimus Steel LLC (358 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Optimus Steel LLC
Optimus Steel LLC (358 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Optimus Steel LLC has more employees than the Mini-mills, steel median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 3.1 2.6 14 0 0
2023 4.4 1.1 20 0 0
2022 3.6 2.5 16 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331110 · TX · Vidor

416 Mini-mills, steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 19 employers in Vidor, 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 Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Coilplus Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Searing Industries 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR DETCO 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Triple S Industrial Corporation 358 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cima Services, LP 358 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keystone Concrete Placement San Antonio 358 FTE
STATE-SIZE Klein Tools KTB Manufacturing 358 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 457 316 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gerdau Beaumont Mill 303 FTE
CITY-NEAR 457 279 FTE
CITY-NEAR The STI Group Fab, Vidor 128 FTE
NAT-TCR Fougera Pharmaceuticals Hicksville Site 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Artiflex Mfg Clyde 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Belmont 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Newly Weds Foods 358 FTE
NAT-SIZE KidsPeace Hospital 358 FTE
NAT-SIZE Learjet Inc. - Tucson, Arizona 358 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reno HUB 358 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. 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.