Dental Laboratories · Texas

Ndx Stern Empire Laboratories

Houston, TX · ~80 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ndx Stern Empire Laboratories runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Dental Laboratories workplace, earning a grade B.

Ndx Stern Empire Laboratories: 2.3 TCR = 70% of Dental Laboratories BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ndx Stern Empire Laboratories safety composite

Ndx Stern Empire Laboratories scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−2.6

2020→2024

Ndx Stern Empire Laboratories injury rate improved

Ndx Stern Empire Laboratories's TCR fell 2.6 from 4.8 in 2020 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.8 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339116 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 70% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO Williams Dental Lab
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~80 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Williams Dental Lab (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ndx Stern Empire Laboratories in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ndx Stern Empire Laboratories averages 2.3 TCR (70% of the Dental Laboratories BLS benchmark).

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

Ndx Stern Empire Laboratories TCR series: 2020=4.8 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Ndx Stern Empire Laboratories falls in its industry

184 Dental Laboratories establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

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 4 Dental Laboratories employers in Texas.

Ndx Stern Empire Laboratories (80 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 05001,0001,500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Ndx Stern Empire Laboratories
Ndx Stern Empire Laboratories (80 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Ndx Stern Empire Laboratories has more employees than the Dental Laboratories median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2024 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2023 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2022 2.8 0.0 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.8 1.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339116 · TX · Houston

184 Dental Laboratories 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 Williams Dental Lab 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 00820 - California 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crown World - Louisville 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - Mich 2168 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE STRC Oilfield Technology, LLC 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edison Plaza 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE YSTA Services, Inc. 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edinburg Office 80 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 017-CLOVIS 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR DeKoster Excavating, Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Smithfield Packaging 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Fareway Stores, Inc. 597 Creston 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE David A. Nice Builders, Inc. 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midwest Sprinkler Corporation 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE National Distribution Centers LLC-7600 COMMERCIAL WAY 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fareway Stores, Inc. 625 Oskaloosa 80 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.