Hospitals, general medical and surgical · Texas

Houston Methodist West Hospital (Katy, TX)

Houston, TX · ~1,597 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
9.9
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Houston Methodist West Hospital (Katy, TX) runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade D.

Houston Methodist West Hospital (Katy, TX): 9.9 TCR = 132% of Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS 7.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Houston Methodist West Hospital (Katy, TX) safety composite

Houston Methodist West Hospital (Katy, TX) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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).

F

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Houston Methodist West Hospital (Katy, TX): 7.5 → 10.4 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 16.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.64× in 2021

Houston Methodist West Hospital (Katy, TX)'s TCR rose 2.9 from 7.5 in 2016 to 10.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 16.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Houston, TX ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 9.9 · 132% of ind

  • DART 6.3 DART
  • RANK #489/520
  • PHOTO Northern Inyo Health…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 591 inj
  • SIZE ~1,597 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Northern Inyo Healthcare District (0.0 TCR gap)

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Houston Methodist West Hospital (Katy, TX) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Houston Methodist West Hospital (Katy, TX) averages 9.9 TCR (132% of the Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS benchmark).

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

Houston Methodist West Hospital (Katy, TX) TCR series: 2016=7.5 · 2017=9.3 · 2018=7.7 · 2019=7.8 · 2020=16.7 · 2021=10.4 · BLS 7.5

Where Houston Methodist West Hospital (Katy, TX) falls in its industry

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #489 safest of 520 Hospitals, general medical and employers in Texas.

Houston Methodist West Hospital (Katy, TX) (1,597 employees, TCR 9.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 02,0004,0006,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Houston Methodist West Hospital (Katy, TX)
Houston Methodist West Hospital (Katy, TX) (1,597 employees, TCR 9.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Houston Methodist West Hospital (Katy, TX) has more employees than the Hospitals, general medical and surgical median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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
2021 10.4 6.3 113 36 0
2020 16.7 12.2 97 127 0
2019 7.8 4.6 100 3 0
2018 7.7 4.2 90 3 0
2017 9.3 3.7 106 0 0
2016 7.5 4.5 85 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · TX · Houston

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and surgical 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 Northern Inyo Healthcare District 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 748 ABRAZO WEST CAMPUS 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern California Hospital at Culver City 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Centennial Medical Plaza 9.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hilcorp Energy Company 1,595 FTE
STATE-SIZE IES Residential, Inc. 1,593 FTE
STATE-SIZE ProPetro Services -- Permian Operations 1,602 FTE
STATE-SIZE Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital 1,592 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 S03961 - WI Lake Delton 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Lee Building Products (Hopkinsville) 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR HSHS Decatur Ambulance Service 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR SEC Security LLC DBA Liberty Home Products 9.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2910 Weck 1,597 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1101 Home Office 1,598 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carleton College 1,598 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alton 1,598 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: 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.