Gas valves, industrial-type, manufacturing · Texas

Val-Tex, Inc.

Houston, TX · ~23 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Val-Tex, Inc. runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Gas valves, industrial-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Val-Tex, Inc.: 1.2 TCR = 38% of Gas valves, industrial-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Val-Tex, Inc. safety composite

Val-Tex, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−5.0

2016→2019

Val-Tex, Inc. injury rate improved

Val-Tex, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.0 from 5.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332911 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 38% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #34/59
  • PHOTO Honeywell Muncie - I…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Honeywell Muncie - IN51 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Val-Tex, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Val-Tex, Inc. averages 1.2 TCR (38% of the Gas valves, industrial-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Val-Tex, Inc. TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Val-Tex, Inc. falls in its industry

298 Gas valves, industrial-type, m establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 59 Gas valves, industrial-type, m employers in Texas.

Val-Tex, Inc. (23 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Val-Tex, Inc.
Val-Tex, Inc. (23 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Val-Tex, Inc. has fewer employees than the Gas valves, industrial-type, manufacturi median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 5.0 5.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332911 · TX · Houston

298 Gas valves, industrial-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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Honeywell Muncie - IN51 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Setpoint Integrated Solutions Kilgore 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SPX Flow Inc - Houston 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mueller Company - Brownsville TX 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Houston South Mill Distribution, LLC 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smallhold, Buda 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMARILLO SOD FARM 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE VISITORS MANAGEMENT 23 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 Wheelabrator Ridge Energy Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Orchard Park Assisted Living 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Esko Public Schools 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Foodliner-Lafayette 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bristol Store 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Megha LLC 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc. (PC7488) 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Royal Wholesale Electric/Datacom (PC5555) 23 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, 2017, 2016. 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.