Pipe fabricating (i.e., bending, cutting, threading) made from purchased metal pipe · Texas
Viking Fabrication - Houston
Houston, TX · ~30 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Viking Fabrication - Houston runs at 107% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Pipe fabricating (i.e., bending, cutting, threading) made from purchased metal pipe workplace, earning a grade C.
Viking Fabrication - Houston: 3.5 TCR = 107% of Pipe fabricating (i.e., bending, cutting, threading) made from purchased metal pipe BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Viking Fabrication - Houston safety composite
Viking Fabrication - Houston scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).
39/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.52 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.78 per 100 workers
Safer than 23% 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
Viking Fabrication - Houston: 3.0 → 7.6 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 7.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.07× in 2021
Viking Fabrication - Houston's TCR rose 4.6 from 3.0 in 2019 to 7.6 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332996 · Houston, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 107% of ind
- DART 3.8 DART
- RANK #52/73
- PHOTO LeRoy Plastics Inc.
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~30 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: LeRoy Plastics Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Viking Fabrication - Houston in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Viking Fabrication - Houston
3.5 TCR
- LeRoy Plastics
LeRoy Plastics Inc.
3.5 TCR
- Capitol Manufa
Capitol Manufacturing Inc
3.5 TCR
- J & D TUBE BEN
J & D TUBE BENDERS, INC
3.5 TCR
- CryoWorks, Inc
CryoWorks, Inc.
3.5 TCR
What this shows Viking Fabrication - Houston averages 3.5 TCR (107% of the Pipe fabricating (i.e., bending, cutting, threading) made from purchased metal pipe BLS benchmark).
Viking Fabrication - Houston TCR series: 2019=3 · 2020=0 · 2021=7.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Viking Fabrication - Houston falls in its industry
337 Pipe fabricating (i.e., bendin establishmentsSafer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #52 safest of 73 Pipe fabricating (i.e., bendin employers in Texas.
Viking Fabrication - Houston has fewer employees than the Pipe fabricating (i.e., bending, cutting median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7.6 | 3.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332996 · TX · Houston
337 Pipe fabricating (i.e., bending, cutting, threading) made from purchased metal pipe 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 | LeRoy Plastics Inc. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Capitol Manufacturing Inc | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | J & D TUBE BENDERS, INC | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CryoWorks, Inc. | 3.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | BRAZOS RIVER SOD FARM | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Coyote Lake Feeders LLC | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Dimmitt Feedyard | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Green Plains Cattle Company LLC - Hereford | 30 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 | Crest Foam Corp | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bemidji Lumbermill | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Blue Cotton, Inc | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Meijer Store #19 | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ambulance Express Inc. | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Marc Refrigeration Manufacturing Inc. | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | TGH Family Care Center Kennedy | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Elizabeth River Recycling LLC | 30 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.