Industrial Cleaning · Texas

HydroChem LLC-PLX

Port Lavaca, TX · ~52 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HydroChem LLC-PLX runs at 30% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Industrial Cleaning workplace, earning a grade A.

HydroChem LLC-PLX: 0.8 TCR = 30% of Industrial Cleaning BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HydroChem LLC-PLX safety composite

HydroChem LLC-PLX scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−1.2

2016→2020

HydroChem LLC-PLX injury rate improved

HydroChem LLC-PLX's TCR fell 1.2 from 1.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.2 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238990 · Port Lavaca, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 30% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #114/206
  • PHOTO XCEL Erectors, Inc.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: XCEL Erectors, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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HydroChem LLC-PLX in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HydroChem LLC-PLX averages 0.8 TCR (30% of the Industrial Cleaning BLS benchmark).

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

HydroChem LLC-PLX TCR series: 2016=1.2 · 2017=0 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 2.8

Where HydroChem LLC-PLX falls in its industry

1,634 Industrial Cleaning establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #114 safest of 206 Industrial Cleaning employers in Texas.

HydroChem LLC-PLX (52 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate HydroChem LLC-PLX
HydroChem LLC-PLX (52 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9

HydroChem LLC-PLX has more employees than the Industrial Cleaning median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.9 2.9 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238990 · TX · Port Lavaca

1,634 Industrial Cleaning employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 24 employers in Port Lavaca, 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 XCEL Erectors, Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cornerstone WI 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR A-Core Concrete Cutting Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR R.V. Wagner 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE KR SGHS 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cactus Feeders 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hale Center Feedyard 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Idalou Egg Ranch LP 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1098 246 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1098 225 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ineos Nitriles USA LLC 149 FTE
CITY-NEAR Green Lake, Tx 132 FTE
NAT-TCR Perrigo : Minnesota (PMN) 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Fortune Plastic & Metal, Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Brooks Construction Services, Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Burlington - Cryo Flow 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE PSC Industrial Outsourcing, LP-EPE 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE EXAIR Corporation 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Industrial metals Recycling Corporation 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heritage Woods Senior Living 52 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.