Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Texas

Qualico Steel Company Texas Division

Midlothian, TX · ~53 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Qualico Steel Company Texas Division runs at 179% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Qualico Steel Company Texas Division: 5.9 TCR = 179% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Qualico Steel Company Texas Division safety composite

Qualico Steel Company Texas Division scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−6.1

2016→2023

Qualico Steel Company Texas Division injury rate improved

Qualico Steel Company Texas Division's TCR fell 6.1 from 7.6 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.6 · 2018=8.2 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Midlothian, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 179% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #141/182
  • PHOTO Rhoads Industries - …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rhoads Industries - B57 Non-Construction (0.0 TCR gap)

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Qualico Steel Company Texas Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Qualico Steel Company Texas Division averages 5.9 TCR (179% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Qualico Steel Company Texas Division TCR series: 2016=7.6 · 2018=8.2 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=1.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Qualico Steel Company Texas Division falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #141 safest of 182 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Texas.

Qualico Steel Company Texas Division (53 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Qualico Steel Company Texas Division
Qualico Steel Company Texas Division (53 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Qualico Steel Company Texas Division has fewer employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2023 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2022 6.3 1.6 4 0 0
2018 8.2 6.6 5 0 0
2016 7.6 5.7 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · TX · Midlothian

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 52 employers in Midlothian, 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 Rhoads Industries - B57 Non-Construction 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wheaton & Son's 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waukegan Steel, LLC. 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tri-County Welding & Fabrication, LLC 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE XIT Feeders 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wolf Creek Feedyard 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Cattle Feeders, LLC 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Glasscock County Coop 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gerdau North America Steel Midlothian Mill 2,921 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3801 - Midlothian DC 1,259 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3801 - Midlothian TX DC 1,153 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gerdau Midlothian 429 FTE
NAT-TCR Travelodge - Missouri Valley 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Duo Lift Mfg 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Southview - Lilydale Senior Living 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR National Resilience 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Morton Feed Mill 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Union Mission, Inc. 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pugh Lubricants Norcross 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE NOV Process Flow Technologies - Houma 53 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: 2023, 2022, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.