Polyurethane foam products manufacturing · Texas

Sterling Manufacturing & Distributing

Name: Sterling Manufacturing & Distributing Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Houston, TX · ~105 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Sterling Manufacturing & Distributing runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Polyurethane foam products manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Sterling Manufacturing & Distributing: 2.1 TCR = 64% of Polyurethane foam products manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sterling Manufacturing & Distributing safety composite

Sterling Manufacturing & Distributing scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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).

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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%).

Sterling Manufacturing & Distributing held a steady TCR band

Sterling Manufacturing & Distributing's TCR held near 0.0 from 2.1 in 2017 to 2.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.1 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326150 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 64% of ind

DART 2.0 DART
RANK #14/38
PHOTO NOA Brands America I…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~105 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NOA Brands America Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.1
NOA Brands Ame

2.1
ECS- Americus

2.1
Creative Foam

2.1
LPCC - Aurora

2.1

What this shows Sterling Manufacturing & Distributing averages 2.1 TCR (64% of the Polyurethane foam products manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Sterling Manufacturing & Distributing TCR series: 2017=2.1 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=2 · BLS 3.3

Where Sterling Manufacturing & Distributing falls in its industry

474 Polyurethane foam products man establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 38 Polyurethane foam products man employers in Texas.

Sterling Manufacturing & Distributing (105 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Sterling Manufacturing & Distributing has more employees than the Polyurethane foam products manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2019	2.0	2.0	2
2018	2.3	2.3	2
2017	2.1	2.1	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326150 · TX · Houston

474 Polyurethane foam products manufacturing 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	NOA Brands America Inc.	LAFAYETTE, CO	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ECS- Americus Ga.	AMERICUS, GA	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Creative Foam PDC	FLINT, MI	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	LPCC - Aurora	AURORA, IL	2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	NAUR Pecos Office	PECOS	105 FTE
STATE-SIZE	East Texas District	TEAGUE	105 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Harrington Station-031	AMARILLO	105 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Galaxy Builders Ltd.	SAN ANTONIO	105 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	Shopko Hometown #690 (Holdrege, NE)	Holdrege, NE	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Riviera Beach Fl (Old Dixie Hwy) Depot	Riviera Beach, FL	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cerro Fabricated Products LLC	Weyers Cave, VA	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Nevell Group	Brea, CA	2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	LGA-SALLC	East Elmhurst, NY	105 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mayfield - Marietta	Marietta, GA	105 FTE
NAT-SIZE	DieTech Tool & Mfg	Imlay City, MI	105 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Republic Services Edwardsville	Edwardsville, IL	105 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.