Balcony railings, metal, manufacturing · Texas

Universal Ornaments, Inc.

Houston, TX · ~38 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Universal Ornaments, Inc. runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Balcony railings, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Universal Ornaments, Inc.: 4.5 TCR = 136% of Balcony railings, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Ornaments, Inc. safety composite

Universal Ornaments, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Universal Ornaments, Inc.: 0.0 → 9.0 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 9.0 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2020

Universal Ornaments, Inc.'s TCR rose 9.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 9.0 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332323 · Houston, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 136% of ind

  • DART 9.0 DART
  • RANK #9/17
  • PHOTO Chancey Metals, LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chancey Metals, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Universal Ornaments, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Universal Ornaments, Inc. averages 4.5 TCR (136% of the Balcony railings, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Universal Ornaments, Inc. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2020=9 · BLS 3.3

Where Universal Ornaments, Inc. falls in its industry

309 Balcony railings, metal, manuf establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 17 Balcony railings, metal, manuf employers in Texas.

Universal Ornaments, Inc. (38 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Universal Ornaments, Inc.
Universal Ornaments, Inc. (38 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Universal Ornaments, Inc. has fewer employees than the Balcony railings, metal, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2020 9.0 9.0 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332323 · TX · Houston

309 Balcony railings, metal, 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Chancey Metals, LLC 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Farmington MN 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bruce Wall Systems Corp. 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR McNeil Group Inc. dba Pinnacle Metal Products 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bovina Cattle Company 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE PILGRIMS MT. PLEASANT BREEDER AND BROILER 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Agricultural- Danevang 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2362/3714-Lubbock, TX-R&D (Monsanto Co.) 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH IAH 11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-IAH 9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center 8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR Coral Industries 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 40-Las Dalias 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Cortona Park 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR HIE - Hampton Inn Eastwood 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Marietta Plant 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE AC&E Electric Company, LLC 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tripac Fasteners, Inc 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2077-Us Dd Nw Brisbane Branch 38 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: 2020, 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.