Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing · Texas

Whirlwind Steel Buildings, Inc. Houston

Houston, TX · ~351 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Whirlwind Steel Buildings, Inc. Houston runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Whirlwind Steel Buildings, Inc. Houston: 2.0 TCR = 62% of Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Whirlwind Steel Buildings, Inc. Houston safety composite

Whirlwind Steel Buildings, Inc. Houston scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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

−0.6

2016→2024

Whirlwind Steel Buildings, Inc. Houston injury rate improved

Whirlwind Steel Buildings, Inc. Houston's TCR fell 0.6 from 2.0 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.0 · 2017=1.9 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332311 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 62% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #15/43
  • PHOTO Cottonwood Metals, I…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 70 inj
  • SIZE ~351 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cottonwood Metals, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Whirlwind Steel Buildings, Inc. Houston in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Whirlwind Steel Buildings, Inc. Houston averages 2.0 TCR (62% of the Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Whirlwind Steel Buildings, Inc. Houston TCR series: 2016=2 · 2017=1.9 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Whirlwind Steel Buildings, Inc. Houston falls in its industry

393 Buildings, prefabricated metal establishments

Safer than 78% 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 #15 safest of 43 Buildings, prefabricated metal employers in Texas.

Whirlwind Steel Buildings, Inc. Houston (351 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 75 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Whirlwind Steel Buildings, Inc. Houston
Whirlwind Steel Buildings, Inc. Houston (351 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 75 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Whirlwind Steel Buildings, Inc. Houston has more employees than the Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufact median and a lower 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
2024 1.3 0.8 8 0 0
2023 1.3 0.5 8 0 0
2022 1.4 1.0 7 0 0
2021 2.8 0.7 12 0 0
2020 3.3 2.6 10 4 0
2019 1.6 0.3 6 0 0
2018 2.8 1.9 9 0 0
2017 1.9 1.5 5 0 0
2016 2.0 1.2 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332311 · TX · Houston

393 Buildings, prefabricated 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 Cottonwood Metals, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mauston 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR RedGuard - Wichita Production Center 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR RCC Mt Pleasant 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Absolute Pipeline Integrity, LLC 351 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lyondell Chemical Company, Bayport 351 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farouk Systems, Inc. - Richey 351 FTE
STATE-SIZE Saint-Gobain Abrasives 351 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 Belstra Milling Company, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ace Electric, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Eagle #4032 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Stamford Store II 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pittsburgh Lifetime Care Community 351 FTE
NAT-SIZE Geneva Medical Center 351 FTE
NAT-SIZE Foodservice Northcenter - 0710 351 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vita-Mix Corporation - Morgan Court 351 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.