Preparing goods for transportation (i.e., crating, packing) · Texas

Katoen Natie Turning Basin

Houston, TX · ~52 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Katoen Natie Turning Basin runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Preparing goods for transportation (i.e., crating, packing) workplace, earning a grade B.

Katoen Natie Turning Basin: 3.2 TCR = 71% of Preparing goods for transportation (i.e., crating, packing) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Katoen Natie Turning Basin safety composite

Katoen Natie Turning Basin scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Katoen Natie Turning Basin: 2.6 → 3.8 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 3.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.18× in 2017

Katoen Natie Turning Basin's TCR rose 1.2 from 2.6 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488991 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.2 · 71% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #8/9
  • PHOTO Caravan Packaging, I…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Caravan Packaging, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Katoen Natie Turning Basin in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Katoen Natie Turning Basin averages 3.2 TCR (71% of the Preparing goods for transportation (i.e., crating, packing) BLS benchmark).

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

Katoen Natie Turning Basin TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2017=3.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Katoen Natie Turning Basin falls in its industry

91 Preparing goods for transporta establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 9 Preparing goods for transporta employers in Texas.

Katoen Natie Turning Basin (52 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Katoen Natie Turning Basin
Katoen Natie Turning Basin (52 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Katoen Natie Turning Basin has fewer employees than the Preparing goods for transportation (i.e. median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2017 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2016 2.6 1.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488991 · TX · Houston

91 Preparing goods for transportation (i.e., crating, packing) 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 Caravan Packaging, Inc. 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR RIVERSIDE WAREHOUSE 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Diversi-Pak 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR doTERRA Fulfillment Center 3.1 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 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 Main Office NV - 002 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR HBSHSEMA34 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR SV - Syracuse Clearance Center 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR MS - Virginia Beach - VA - 5OCVA 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rocky Mountain Stonework, Inc. 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Hartville LLC 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Sikeston at Clearview Inc 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Buckhead Meat of North Carolina 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: 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.