Health screening services in physicians' offices · Texas
Hickory Center/Vera West
Abilene, TX · ~30 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hickory Center/Vera West runs at 169% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Health screening services in physicians' offices workplace, earning a grade D.
Hickory Center/Vera West: 6.4 TCR = 169% of Health screening services in physicians' offices BLS 3.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hickory Center/Vera West safety composite
Hickory Center/Vera West scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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).
44/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.44 per 100 workers
Safer than 18% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 70% 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
Hickory Center/Vera West: 3.8 → 4.4 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 14.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Hickory Center/Vera West's TCR rose 0.7 from 3.8 in 2016 to 4.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 14.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 621111 · Abilene, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 169% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #70/82
- PHOTO Des Moines Orthopaed…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~30 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Des Moines Orthopaedic Surgeons PC - DSM (0.0 TCR gap)
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Hickory Center/Vera West in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Sutter Bay Med
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation (30775)
6.5 TCR
- This site
Hickory Center/Vera West
6.4 TCR
- Des Moines Ort
Des Moines Orthopaedic Surgeons PC - DSM
6.4 TCR
- Northern Light
Northern Light Health Union Street
6.4 TCR
- 2205-Charlotte
2205-Charlotte Peds-Lower Steele Cr
6.4 TCR
What this shows Hickory Center/Vera West averages 6.4 TCR (169% of the Health screening services in physicians' offices BLS benchmark).
Hickory Center/Vera West TCR series: 2016=3.8 · 2017=0 · 2018=10.1 · 2019=0 · 2020=12.5 · 2021=0 · 2022=12.8 · 2023=14.3 · 2024=4.4 · BLS 3.8
Where Hickory Center/Vera West falls in its industry
2,836 Health screening services in p establishmentsSafer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #70 safest of 82 Health screening services in p employers in Texas.
Hickory Center/Vera West has fewer employees than the Health screening services in physicians' median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 12.5 | 8.3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
621111 · TX · Abilene
2,836 Health screening services in physicians' offices employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 238 employers in Abilene, 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 | Des Moines Orthopaedic Surgeons PC - DSM | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Northern Light Health Union Street | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 2205-Charlotte Peds-Lower Steele Cr | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sutter Bay Medical Foundation (30775) | 6.5 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 | HENDRICK MEDICAL CENTER | 3,025 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hendrick Medical Center South | 777 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lauren Engineers & Constructors, Inc. | 588 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Abilene CCD | 573 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Freeport FL Yard | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 148 Pine Ridge | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Metalor Technologies Powders and Flakes | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | NEW Cooperative, Inc. - Clare | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Hays, KS OV104 | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bakersfield, CA Sales | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Jefferson's Garden | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | HMC Corporation | 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.