Secondary smelting of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) · Texas

US Zinc - Houston Metal

Houston, TX · ~15 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

US Zinc - Houston Metal runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Secondary smelting of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) workplace, earning a grade A.

US Zinc - Houston Metal: 1.6 TCR = 50% of Secondary smelting of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

US Zinc - Houston Metal safety composite

US Zinc - Houston Metal scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−4.9

2016→2018

US Zinc - Houston Metal injury rate improved

US Zinc - Houston Metal's TCR fell 4.9 from 4.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.9 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331492 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 50% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/13
  • PHOTO Palmerton
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~15 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Palmerton (0.0 TCR gap)

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US Zinc - Houston Metal in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows US Zinc - Houston Metal averages 1.6 TCR (50% of the Secondary smelting of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) BLS benchmark).

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

US Zinc - Houston Metal TCR series: 2016=4.9 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.3

Where US Zinc - Houston Metal falls in its industry

132 Secondary smelting of nonferro establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 13 Secondary smelting of nonferro employers in Texas.

US Zinc - Houston Metal (15 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate US Zinc - Houston Metal
US Zinc - Houston Metal (15 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7

US Zinc - Houston Metal has fewer employees than the Secondary smelting of nonferrous metals median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.9 4.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331492 · TX · Houston

132 Secondary smelting of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) 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. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Palmerton 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dillon Gage Refinery 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Purity Zinc Metals LLC 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jostens - Owatonna STN 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Farmers Cooperative Gin 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wells Farmers Cooperative gin 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hwy 67 Gin Co., Inc. 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ross Gin 15 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 Manheim Keystone Pennsylvania 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR USS Irvin Works 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Childress Klein Atlanta Galleria 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Fifth Ave 1.6 TCR

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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.