Hematology products (except diagnostic substances) manufacturing · Texas

Lonza Houston El Rio

Houston, TX · ~112 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lonza Houston El Rio runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Hematology products (except diagnostic substances) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Lonza Houston El Rio: 2.7 TCR = 82% of Hematology products (except diagnostic substances) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lonza Houston El Rio safety composite

Lonza Houston El Rio scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−2.4

2016→2017

Lonza Houston El Rio injury rate improved

Lonza Houston El Rio's TCR fell 2.4 from 3.9 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.9 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.9 · 2017=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325414 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 82% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #10/10
  • PHOTO Biomune Company Verona
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~112 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Biomune Company Verona (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lonza Houston El Rio in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lonza Houston El Rio averages 2.7 TCR (82% of the Hematology products (except diagnostic substances) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Lonza Houston El Rio TCR series: 2016=3.9 · 2017=1.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Lonza Houston El Rio falls in its industry

234 Hematology products (except di establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 10 Hematology products (except di employers in Texas.

Lonza Houston El Rio (112 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 198 employees and a TCR of 1.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Lonza Houston El Rio
Lonza Houston El Rio (112 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 198 employees and a TCR of 1.2

Lonza Houston El Rio has fewer employees than the Hematology products (except diagnostic s median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.2. 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
2017 1.5 1.5 2 0 0
2016 3.9 0.0 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325414 · TX · Houston

234 Hematology products (except diagnostic substances) 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 Biomune Company Verona 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kite Pharma US, Oceanside 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hygieia Biological Laboratories - Harter 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sonac - Maquoketa 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bison Drilling & Field Services, LLC 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE Production Fire and Safety LLC., DBA Ampro Strategic Alliance TX 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE Panda Power Funds 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cattlemen 1 Solar 112 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 Fairfield Inn & Suites 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Kane Warehousing, Inc. DC#3 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Interstate Drywall Corp. 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Power Services : GRS - Atlanta, GA, USA (Service Center) 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Peapod S&S Watertown, Ma 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE River View on the Appomattox Health & Rehab Center 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE Duvall Road 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tupelo (Mstup) 112 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.