Natural Gas Liquid Extraction · Texas

Houston Central Gas Plant

Sheridan, TX · ~56 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
1.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Houston Central Gas Plant runs at 183% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Natural Gas Liquid Extraction workplace, earning a grade D.

Houston Central Gas Plant: 3.5 TCR = 183% of Natural Gas Liquid Extraction BLS 1.9 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Houston Central Gas Plant safety composite

Houston Central Gas Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−3.5

2016→2018

Houston Central Gas Plant injury rate improved

Houston Central Gas Plant's TCR fell 3.5 from 5.3 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.3 · 2018=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 211112 · Sheridan, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 183% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/11
  • PHOTO Pioneer Energy Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pioneer Energy Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Houston Central Gas Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Houston Central Gas Plant averages 3.5 TCR (183% of the Natural Gas Liquid Extraction BLS benchmark).

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

Houston Central Gas Plant TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2018=1.7 · BLS 1.9

Where Houston Central Gas Plant falls in its industry

28 Natural Gas Liquid Extraction establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 11 Natural Gas Liquid Extraction employers in Texas.

Houston Central Gas Plant (56 employees, TCR 3.5) among 16 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 1.6 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 17 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 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Houston Central Gas Plant
Houston Central Gas Plant (56 employees, TCR 3.5) among 16 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Houston Central Gas Plant has more employees than the Natural Gas Liquid Extraction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2018 1.7 0.0 1 0 0
2016 5.3 1.8 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

211112 · TX · Sheridan

28 Natural Gas Liquid Extraction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 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 Pioneer Energy Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Watford Yard Office 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cherokee 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Native Texas Nursery 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dalhart Cattle Feeders 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oasis Gin, Inc 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Comyn GP Shelling Plant 56 FTE
NAT-TCR Lsi Ny 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Summers-Taylor, Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Republic National Distributing Company 22 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR ANGRN - Greenville SC 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE USA West Palm Beach Palm Bch Intl APO 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Division of Home Services 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE NJ.MOUNT.17 - Ricoh Usa, Inc. 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hipotronics, Inc 56 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: 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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