Pipe fabricating (i.e., bending, cutting, threading) made from purchased metal pipe · Texas

VTA Houston

Houston, TX · ~96 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

VTA Houston runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pipe fabricating (i.e., bending, cutting, threading) made from purchased metal pipe workplace, earning a grade A.

VTA Houston: 1.5 TCR = 47% of Pipe fabricating (i.e., bending, cutting, threading) made from purchased metal pipe BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VTA Houston safety composite

VTA Houston scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.1

2017→2020

VTA Houston injury rate improved

VTA Houston's TCR fell 1.1 from 2.0 in 2017 to 0.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.0 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=0.7 · 2020=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332996 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 47% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #30/73
  • PHOTO Tubular Services LLC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~96 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tubular Services LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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VTA Houston in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows VTA Houston averages 1.5 TCR (47% of the Pipe fabricating (i.e., bending, cutting, threading) made from purchased metal pipe BLS benchmark).

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

VTA Houston TCR series: 2017=2 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=0.7 · 2020=0.8 · BLS 3.3

Where VTA Houston falls in its industry

337 Pipe fabricating (i.e., bendin establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 73 Pipe fabricating (i.e., bendin employers in Texas.

VTA Houston (96 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate VTA Houston
VTA Houston (96 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.3

VTA Houston has more employees than the Pipe fabricating (i.e., bending, cutting median and a lower 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
2020 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2019 0.7 0.0 1 0 0
2018 2.6 1.8 3 0 0
2017 2.0 1.0 2 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 Tubular Services LLC 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hunting Energy Services, LLC Trenchless Division 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR GA 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kelly Construction of Indiana, Inc. 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE 3110 N I35 ROUND ROCK TX 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE TECO Central Plant 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oates Industries, Inc. 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Layne Christensen - 1800 Hughes Landing Blvd 96 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 Sinclair Refinery Support 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Pratt Recycling Gary,IN. 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Huntsville Utilities 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Somerset, PA Yard 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Holland Mgmt - RC 2 Mt Vernon 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oji Intertech.Inc 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Android Industries - Detroit 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Equistar Chemicals 96 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.