Drilling equipment, oil and gas field-type, manufacturing · Texas

National Oilwell Varco FM529

Name: National Oilwell Varco FM529 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Houston, TX · ~136 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.0
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

National Oilwell Varco FM529 runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Drilling equipment, oil and gas field-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

National Oilwell Varco FM529: 2.0 TCR = 61% of Drilling equipment, oil and gas field-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

National Oilwell Varco FM529 safety composite

National Oilwell Varco FM529 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 2 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers
DART rate: F 1.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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%).

Rising injury rate

National Oilwell Varco FM529: 1.7 → 2.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 2.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.57× in 2019

National Oilwell Varco FM529's TCR rose 0.6 from 1.7 in 2018 to 2.3 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333132 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 61% of ind

DART 1.1 DART
RANK #152/208
PHOTO NOV Hydra Rig Nitrogen
BOOK 2y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~136 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NOV Hydra Rig Nitrogen (0.0 TCR gap)

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Stewart & Stev

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What this shows National Oilwell Varco FM529 averages 2.0 TCR (61% of the Drilling equipment, oil and gas field-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

National Oilwell Varco FM529 TCR series: 2018=1.7 · 2019=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where National Oilwell Varco FM529 falls in its industry

316 Drilling equipment, oil and ga establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.3.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #152 safest of 208 Drilling equipment, oil and ga employers in Texas.

National Oilwell Varco FM529 (136 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 1.3

National Oilwell Varco FM529 has more employees than the Drilling equipment, oil and gas field-ty median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.3. 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
2019	2.3	1.1	4	0	0
2018	1.7	0.6	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333132 · TX · Houston

316 Drilling equipment, oil and gas field-type, 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	NOV Hydra Rig Nitrogen	DUNCAN, OK	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dralco Sytems, LLC #1	WEATHERFORD, TX	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kemtron Technologies LLC DBA Elgin Separation Solutions - Industrials	STAFFORD, TX	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Stewart & Stevenson Manufacturing Technologies	HOUSTON, TX	2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Seadrill	HOUSTON	136 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mid-South Synergy	NAVASOTA	136 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Grayson Collin Electric Cooperative	VAN ALSTYNE	136 FTE
STATE-SIZE	6720-Zachry High Voltage	LUBBOCK	136 FTE
CITY-NEAR	IAH IAH	Houston	11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR	IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices	Houston	10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6925-IAH	Houston	9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center	Houston	8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR	Cargill Animal Nutrition	Wilson, NC	2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	DWI	Suring, WI	2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Corken	Oklahoma City, OK	2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	NOV Hydra Rig Nitrogen	Duncan, OK	2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Bluestone Communications, Inc.	Folcroft, PA	136 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Georgia Core/Jacket Cartersville	Cartersville, GA	136 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Union Power Cooperative	Monroe, NC	136 FTE
NAT-SIZE	596 Summer Street, Brockton, MA 02302	Brockton, MA	136 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: 2019, 2018. 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.