Hypodermic needles and syringes manufacturing · Texas

Argon Medical Devices Inc.

Athens, TX · ~472 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Argon Medical Devices Inc. runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Hypodermic needles and syringes manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Argon Medical Devices Inc.: 1.3 TCR = 38% of Hypodermic needles and syringes manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Argon Medical Devices Inc. safety composite

Argon Medical Devices Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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).

D

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

−0.5

2016→2024

Argon Medical Devices Inc. injury rate improved

Argon Medical Devices Inc.'s TCR fell 0.5 from 1.9 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.9 · 2017=1.3 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=1.0 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339112 · Athens, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 38% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #24/42
  • PHOTO Axiom Medical, Inc
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 51 inj
  • SIZE ~472 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Axiom Medical, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Argon Medical Devices Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Argon Medical Devices Inc. averages 1.3 TCR (38% of the Hypodermic needles and syringes manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Argon Medical Devices Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2017=1.3 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=1 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Argon Medical Devices Inc. falls in its industry

741 Hypodermic needles and syringe establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 42 Hypodermic needles and syringe employers in Texas.

Argon Medical Devices Inc. (472 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 174 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02,0004,0006,0008,000 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Argon Medical Devices Inc.
Argon Medical Devices Inc. (472 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 174 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Argon Medical Devices Inc. has more employees than the Hypodermic needles and syringes manufact median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 1.4 1.3 8 0 0
2023 1.4 1.3 7 1 0
2022 0.9 0.9 5 0 0
2021 0.9 0.5 4 0 0
2020 1.0 0.7 4 0 0
2019 0.9 0.2 4 0 0
2018 1.4 0.5 6 0 0
2017 1.3 0.9 6 0 0
2016 1.9 1.1 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339112 · TX · Athens

741 Hypodermic needles and syringes manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 44 employers in Athens, 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 Axiom Medical, Inc 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ZimVie 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR MicroAire Surgical Instruments LLC 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Viant Medical - San Antonio 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE TXMSN 472 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maruchan Texas Inc. 472 FTE
STATE-SIZE Master Woodcraft Cabinetry 472 FTE
STATE-SIZE DBSchenker 472 FTE
CITY-NEAR Biomerics 504 FTE
CITY-NEAR UT Health Athens 466 FTE
CITY-NEAR Biomerics FMI 453 FTE
CITY-NEAR 412 336 FTE
NAT-TCR Parkesburg Warehouse 1 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Zephryhills 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Vallorani Mushrooms 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Unitherm Charlotte 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gildan Yarns, LLC (Plant # 75) 472 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sanderson Farms Foods Division 472 FTE
NAT-SIZE Claremore Indian Hospital 472 FTE
NAT-SIZE Richmond 472 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.

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

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