Bolts, metal, manufacturing · Texas

USA Fastener

Houston, TX · ~103 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

USA Fastener runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Bolts, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

USA Fastener: 2.4 TCR = 74% of Bolts, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

USA Fastener safety composite

USA Fastener scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

USA Fastener: 0.0 → 1.2 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 7.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

USA Fastener's TCR rose 1.2 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332722 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 74% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/17
  • PHOTO McGard llc
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~103 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: McGard llc (0.0 TCR gap)

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USA Fastener in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows USA Fastener averages 2.4 TCR (74% of the Bolts, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

USA Fastener TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=7.7 · 2018=0.8 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 3.3

Where USA Fastener falls in its industry

335 Bolts, metal, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 17 Bolts, metal, manufacturing employers in Texas.

USA Fastener (103 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate USA Fastener
USA Fastener (103 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 3.5

USA Fastener has more employees than the Bolts, metal, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2024 1.2 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2017 7.7 6.8 8 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332722 · TX · Houston

335 Bolts, 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 McGard llc 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Henrob US 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR PACIFIC COAST BOLT, LLC 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fastener Innovation Technology 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dairy Fountain 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE TEXAS PRODUCERS COOP AMHERST 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAM-USA 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aadvantage Panels & Fence, Inc DBA MyTCoat 103 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 55889 Will County 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Mactac Scranton 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Jubilant HollisterStier 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Tower Glass Inc 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Child Nutrition 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tenowo, Inc 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Summit Machine 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sloan's Lake Rehabilitation Center 103 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.