Ophthalmic instruments and apparatus (except laser surgical) manufacturing · Texas

HTX

Houston, TX · ~1,342 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HTX runs at 17% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Ophthalmic instruments and apparatus (except laser surgical) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

HTX: 0.6 TCR = 17% of Ophthalmic instruments and apparatus (except laser surgical) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HTX safety composite

HTX scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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%).

HTX held a steady TCR band

HTX's TCR held near 0.2 from 0.7 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.7 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339112 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 17% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #9/42
  • PHOTO Grimm Scientific Ind…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~1,342 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Grimm Scientific Industries, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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HTX in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HTX averages 0.6 TCR (17% of the Ophthalmic instruments and apparatus (except laser surgical) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

HTX TCR series: 2016=0.7 · 2019=0 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=0.8 · BLS 3.3

Where HTX falls in its industry

741 Ophthalmic instruments and app establishments

Safer than 81% 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 #9 safest of 42 Ophthalmic instruments and app employers in Texas.

HTX (1,342 employees, TCR 0.6) 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 HTX
HTX (1,342 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 174 employees and a TCR of 1.5

HTX has more employees than the Ophthalmic instruments and apparatus (ex 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
2021 0.8 0.7 9 2 0
2020 0.8 0.7 9 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.7 0.3 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339112 · TX · Houston

741 Ophthalmic instruments and apparatus (except laser surgical) manufacturing 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 Grimm Scientific Industries, Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SH Woodridge 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cordis a Cardinal Health Company 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Medtronic - Fort Worth 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE 015 Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth 1,340 FTE
STATE-SIZE TX - Verizon RLC (17) 1,339 FTE
STATE-SIZE Caviness Beef 1,334 FTE
STATE-SIZE FedEx 2001 WORLD WIDE DR 1,334 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 Ciox Health - Bluegrass Office 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Rochester, NY HVAC 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Richmond, VA HVAC 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Birmingham, AL HVAC 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stan Koch and Sons Trucking, Inc. 1,342 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ocala Regional Medical Center 1,342 FTE
NAT-SIZE Manassas City Public Schools 1,342 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chicago Cubs Baseball Club LLC 1,342 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, 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.