Merchants' associations · Texas

8801 Research Blvd., Suite 100 Austin TX 78758

Austin, TX · ~86 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

8801 Research Blvd., Suite 100 Austin TX 78758 runs at 250% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Merchants' associations workplace, earning a grade F.

8801 Research Blvd., Suite 100 Austin TX 78758: 5.2 TCR = 250% of Merchants' associations BLS 2.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

8801 Research Blvd., Suite 100 Austin TX 78758 safety composite

8801 Research Blvd., Suite 100 Austin TX 78758 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).

F

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

8801 Research Blvd., Suite 100 Austin TX 78758: 4.3 → 6.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 6.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.84× in 2018

8801 Research Blvd., Suite 100 Austin TX 78758's TCR rose 1.9 from 4.3 in 2016 to 6.2 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 813910 · Austin, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.2 · 250% of ind

  • DART 4.4 DART
  • RANK #2/9
  • PHOTO Goodwill College Hills
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~86 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Goodwill College Hills (0.2 TCR gap)

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8801 Research Blvd., Suite 100 Austin TX 78758 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 8801 Research Blvd., Suite 100 Austin TX 78758 averages 5.2 TCR (250% of the Merchants' associations BLS benchmark).

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

8801 Research Blvd., Suite 100 Austin TX 78758 TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2018=6.2 · BLS 2.1

Where 8801 Research Blvd., Suite 100 Austin TX 78758 falls in its industry

50 Merchants' associations establishments

Safer than 34% 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 #2 safest of 9 Merchants' associations employers in Texas.

8801 Research Blvd., Suite 100 Austin TX 78758 (86 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 8801 Research Blvd., Suite 100 Austin TX 78758
8801 Research Blvd., Suite 100 Austin TX 78758 (86 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.9

8801 Research Blvd., Suite 100 Austin TX 78758 has more employees than the Merchants' associations median and a higher 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
2018 6.2 4.4 6 1 0
2016 4.3 0.9 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

813910 · TX · Austin

50 Merchants' associations employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 1,645 employers in Austin, 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 Goodwill College Hills 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Goodwill Odessa 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northfield Precision Instrument Corp 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR State Line Propane LLC 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Village Farms, Permian Basin 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cal-Maine Food, Inc.- Klesel Complex 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sundown Tubing Testing 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE San Antonio Division 86 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ensign Services 11,325 FTE
CITY-NEAR NA-US-TX-Austin-Giga Texas 8,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-Loc: CORP LOC - US Austin 6,911 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-CORP LOC - USA UNITED STATES - AST 5,272 FTE
NAT-TCR # 1 Cochran Volkswagen of South Hills 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Design Corrugating 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Tmx2595 - West Florida Central Fumigation 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Anniston 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gateway Warehouse of GA, Inc. 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ryerson Coon Rapids 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Prescott Valley (Azpre) 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Visalia Global Business Services - Gbs (Cavia) 86 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: 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.