Furniture, laboratory-type (e.g., benches, cabinets, stools, tables), manufacturing · Texas

Laboratory Tops Inc

Taylor, TX · ~301 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Laboratory Tops Inc runs at 78% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Furniture, laboratory-type (e.g., benches, cabinets, stools, tables), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Laboratory Tops Inc: 2.6 TCR = 78% of Furniture, laboratory-type (e.g., benches, cabinets, stools, tables), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Laboratory Tops Inc safety composite

Laboratory Tops Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.3

2016→2021

Laboratory Tops Inc injury rate improved

Laboratory Tops Inc's TCR fell 1.3 from 2.7 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.7 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=2.0 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 337127 · Taylor, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 78% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #4/24
  • PHOTO ZUCKERO AND SONS INC
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 43 inj
  • SIZE ~301 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ZUCKERO AND SONS INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Laboratory Tops Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Laboratory Tops Inc averages 2.6 TCR (78% of the Furniture, laboratory-type (e.g., benches, cabinets, stools, tables), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Laboratory Tops Inc TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=2 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Laboratory Tops Inc falls in its industry

208 Furniture, laboratory-type (e. establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 24 Furniture, laboratory-type (e. employers in Texas.

Laboratory Tops Inc (301 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Laboratory Tops Inc
Laboratory Tops Inc (301 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Laboratory Tops Inc has more employees than the Furniture, laboratory-type (e.g., benche median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2021 1.4 0.3 4 0 0
2020 3.4 3.4 10 0 0
2019 2.0 1.3 6 0 0
2018 3.4 2.7 12 2 0
2016 2.7 2.5 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

337127 · TX · Taylor

208 Furniture, laboratory-type (e.g., benches, cabinets, stools, tables), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 34 employers in Taylor, 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 ZUCKERO AND SONS INC 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Keystone Ridge Designs 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ottawa Plant 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Symbiote, Inc. 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Chamberlin Houston LLC 301 FTE
STATE-SIZE Apache - FLNG 301 FTE
STATE-SIZE ANCHOR FABRICATION 301 FTE
STATE-SIZE Valero Energy Partners LP 301 FTE
CITY-NEAR ERCOT Taylor 733 FTE
CITY-NEAR 105197 - SKJV Blue Sky 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR Performance Contractors, Inc - Samsung-Taylor 359 FTE
CITY-NEAR Laboratory Tops Inc. (Durcon) 285 FTE
NAT-TCR CHRISTUS Dubuis Hospital of Alexandria 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Campus Commons-F/N 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Table Talk Pies - Washington 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Reena Senior Living FKA Aster Assisted Living 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE South Windsor Ofc/Whse 301 FTE
NAT-SIZE Headquarters: Columbus Ohio 301 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sprayfoam Southwest Inc. dba Roofing Southwest 301 FTE
NAT-SIZE Meijer Inc 301 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, 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.