Discount Department Stores · Texas
1531 - Waco
Waco, TX · ~206 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
1531 - Waco runs at 150% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade D.
1531 - Waco: 5.1 TCR = 150% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
1531 - Waco safety composite
1531 - Waco scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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).
45/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.09 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.14 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% 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
1531 - Waco: 1.9 → 2.9 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 9.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2024
1531 - Waco's TCR rose 1.0 from 1.9 in 2019 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 452112 · Waco, TX ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 150% of ind
- DART 2.1 DART
- RANK #334/489
- PHOTO 1214 - Washington Sq…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 20 inj
- SIZE ~206 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 1214 - Washington Square (0.0 TCR gap)
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1531 - Waco in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
1531 - Waco
5.1 TCR
- 1214 - Washing
1214 - Washington Square
5.1 TCR
- 3247 - Philade
3247 - Philadelphia Roxborough
5.1 TCR
- 3286 - Seattle
3286 - Seattle University Way
5.1 TCR
- Unit #0090
Unit #0090
5.1 TCR
What this shows 1531 - Waco averages 5.1 TCR (150% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).
1531 - Waco TCR series: 2019=1.9 · 2021=8 · 2022=9.8 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 3.4
Where 1531 - Waco falls in its industry
4,991 Discount Department Stores establishmentsSafer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #334 safest of 489 Discount Department Stores employers in Texas.
1531 - Waco has more employees than the Discount Department Stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9.8 | 6.5 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
452112 · TX · Waco
4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 314 employers in Waco, 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 | 1214 - Washington Square | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 3247 - Philadelphia Roxborough | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 3286 - Seattle University Way | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Unit #0090 | 5.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | TX-NPDF-TEXAS | 206 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Oncor Transmission Operations Metro West | 206 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Dow Chemical Sabine River Op Orange TX | 206 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Beam Concrete Construction, Inc. | 206 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Hillcrest | 1,512 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - AUS3 | 1,468 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1855-TXWAC1 | 1,407 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | L3Harris AS IAS Waco | 1,400 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 1214 - Washington Square | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | California Sierra Express - Los Angeles | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Oaktree Consulting LLC | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lear Corporation - Columbia City | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 1795 - Port Orange | 206 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1403 - Plainfield | 206 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1131 - St Petersburg Gateway | 206 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 2397 - La Habra | 206 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.