Calibration and certification testing laboratories or services · Texas

Biotex, Inc.

Houston, TX · ~57 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Biotex, Inc. runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Calibration and certification testing laboratories or services workplace, earning a grade D.

Biotex, Inc.: 0.9 TCR = 184% of Calibration and certification testing laboratories or services BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Biotex, Inc. safety composite

Biotex, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 0.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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

−1.8

2023→2024

Biotex, Inc. injury rate improved

Biotex, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.8 from 1.8 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=1.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541380 · Houston, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 0.9 · 184% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #18/31
  • PHOTO Raba Kistner, Inc - …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Raba Kistner, Inc - Austin (0.0 TCR gap)

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Biotex, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Biotex, Inc. averages 0.9 TCR (184% of the Calibration and certification testing laboratories or services BLS benchmark).

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

Biotex, Inc. TCR series: 2023=1.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 0.5

Where Biotex, Inc. falls in its industry

232 Calibration and certification establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 31 Calibration and certification employers in Texas.

Biotex, Inc. (57 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 1.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Biotex, Inc.
Biotex, Inc. (57 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 1.0

Biotex, Inc. has fewer employees than the Calibration and certification testing la median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 1.8 1.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541380 · TX · Houston

232 Calibration and certification testing laboratories or services 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 Raba Kistner, Inc - Austin 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northern Biomedical Research 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arizona Proving Ground 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Oilwell Varco - Houston Rig Pressure Control - R&D 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sanderson Farms Tyler Hatchery 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sanderson Farms Waco Hatchery 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cooper Natural Resources Cedar Lake location 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE CKJ Transport - Energy Services 57 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 John Crane Bolingbrook 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Wayne 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Otis Elevator Company-North Jersey 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR LNL Anodizing Inc 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cedar Mountain Commons 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Garman Builders, Inc. 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Path Light Pro, LLC 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE S.J. Distributors LLC-Gilroy Warehouse 57 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. 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.