Coating metals and metal products for the trade · Texas

Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc

Houston, TX · ~72 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc runs at 30% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Coating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade A.

Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc: 1.0 TCR = 30% of Coating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc safety composite

Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.8

2017→2022

Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc injury rate improved

Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc's TCR fell 2.8 from 2.8 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.8 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.8 · 2019=1.1 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332812 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 30% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/69
  • PHOTO Praxair Surface Tech…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Praxair Surface Technologies Inc. (Laser Services) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc averages 1.0 TCR (30% of the Coating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc TCR series: 2017=2.8 · 2019=1.1 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc falls in its industry

646 Coating metals and metal produ establishments

Safer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 69 Coating metals and metal produ employers in Texas.

Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc (72 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc
Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc (72 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc has more employees than the Coating metals and metal products for th median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.1 0.0 0 1 0
2017 2.8 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332812 · TX · Houston

646 Coating metals and metal products for the trade 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 Praxair Surface Technologies Inc. (Laser Services) 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR PST Maine 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1942 CPS Houston 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Specialty Coating Systems Indianapolis 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Soli Organic Inc. - Rice 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Holmes Foods Inc / Hatchery 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE NGL WATER SOLUTIONS, LLC-MIDLAND 72 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 The People Concern - Cloverfield 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Conowingo 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR CoorsTek Igniter Products 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Milliken and Company Longleaf 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE ACI Asphalt and Concrete, Inc. 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vibra Hospital of Western Massachusetts, LLC d/b/a The Meadows of Central Massachusetts 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Matheny Motors - Mineral Wells 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG274 72 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: 2022, 2021, 2019, 2017. 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.