Discount Department Stores · Texas

2494 - Houston South

Name: 2494 - Houston South Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Houston, TX · ~139 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.7
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

2494 - Houston South runs at 198% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade D.

2494 - Houston South: 6.7 TCR = 198% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2494 - Houston South safety composite

2494 - Houston South scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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).

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

2494 - Houston South: 2.5 → 6.7 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 13.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.66× in 2024

2494 - Houston South's TCR rose 4.1 from 2.5 in 2019 to 6.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 13.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Houston, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.7 · 198% of ind

DART 4.5 DART
RANK #398/489
PHOTO 1005 - Fairfax
BOOK 5y book
INJ 19 inj
SIZE ~139 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1005 - Fairfax (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.7
1005 - Fairfax

6.7
1258 - Lexingt

6.7
Ross store 446

6.7
Ross store 371

6.7

What this shows 2494 - Houston South averages 6.7 TCR (198% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).

2494 - Houston South TCR series: 2019=2.5 · 2021=13.4 · 2022=6.4 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=6.7 · BLS 3.4

Where 2494 - Houston South falls in its industry

4,991 Discount Department Stores establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #398 safest of 489 Discount Department Stores employers in Texas.

2494 - Houston South (139 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

2494 - Houston South 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
2024	6.7	4.5	6	0
2023	4.5	4.5	4	0
2022	6.4	6.4	2	4
2021	13.4	13.4	5	7
2019	2.5	2.5	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · TX · Houston

4,991 Discount Department Stores 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	1005 - Fairfax	FAIRFAX, VA	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	1258 - Lexington Park	CALIFORNIA, MD	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ross store 446	HONOLULU, HI	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ross store 371	CAMARILLO, CA	6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	PAB	DECATUR	139 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Midland 6913 N FM 1788, Midland, TX 79707	MIDLAND	139 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SOSF-Lancaster	LANCASTER	139 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BENBROOK SV CTR	BENBROOK	139 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	1258 - Lexington Park	California, MD	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lakeridge Acres	Cincinnati, OH	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	1005 - Fairfax	Fairfax, VA	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	GSS Centro Monitoreo	Carolina, PR	6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	2422 - Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow, OK	139 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1478 - Barboursville	Barboursville, WV	139 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1405 - Eugene	Eugene, OR	139 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Falvey Linen Supply-Springfield	Springfield, MA	139 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, 2019. 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.