Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors · Texas

Thunderbird Contracting

Name: Thunderbird Contracting Workplace Safety Data
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Kyle, TX · ~51 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.7
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Thunderbird Contracting runs at 239% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Thunderbird Contracting: 6.7 TCR = 239% of Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Thunderbird Contracting safety composite

Thunderbird Contracting scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers
DART rate: F 7.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

−5.4

2022→2024

Thunderbird Contracting injury rate improved

Thunderbird Contracting's TCR fell 5.4 from 12.7 in 2022 to 7.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 12.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=12.7 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=7.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Kyle, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 239% of ind

DART 7.3 DART
RANK #55/66
PHOTO Precision Precast Er…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Precision Precast Erectors (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Thunderbird Contracting averages 6.7 TCR (239% of the Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors BLS benchmark).

Thunderbird Contracting TCR series: 2022=12.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=7.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Thunderbird Contracting falls in its industry

705 Structural steel erecting or i establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #55 safest of 66 Structural steel erecting or i employers in Texas.

Thunderbird Contracting (51 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Thunderbird Contracting has fewer employees than the Structural steel erecting or iron work c median and a higher 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
2024	7.3	7.3	5
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	12.7	10.2	5

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · TX · Kyle

705 Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 45 employers in Kyle, 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	Precision Precast Erectors	POST FALLS, ID	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Metropolitan Steel, Inc.	LANSING, IL	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DEBSTEEL, Inc.	SAN ANTONIO, TX	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Theisen steel inc	RIALTO, CA	6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Moore County Gin	DUMAS	51 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Goldsmith	ANDREWS	51 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Titan Directional Drilling	KATY	51 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Coastal Flow Liquid Measurement, Inc.	NEW CANEY	51 FTE
CITY-NEAR	TXAUS41 ASCENSION SETON MEDICAL CTR HAYS	Kyle	954 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1855-TXAUS41	Kyle	737 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - AUS5	Kyle	637 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 4130	Kyle	328 FTE
NAT-TCR	Diversicare of Montgomery	Montgomery, AL	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	1180LKQ Self Serve Tampa	Tampa, FL	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Luther Acres Retirement Community	Lititz, PA	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wilton	Wilton, IA	6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	The Weitz Company - National Office	Des Moines, IA	51 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tower Components, Inc	Ramseur, NC	51 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tithonus Bedford	Bedford, PA	51 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pike Missouri Statewide Operations	Mount Airy, NC	51 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.

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