Department stores, discount · Texas

Arlington Dirt Cheap

Arlington, TX · ~44 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Arlington Dirt Cheap runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Department stores, discount workplace, earning a grade D.

Arlington Dirt Cheap: 5.1 TCR = 151% of Department stores, discount BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Arlington Dirt Cheap safety composite

Arlington Dirt Cheap scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−7.0

2021→2023

Arlington Dirt Cheap injury rate improved

Arlington Dirt Cheap's TCR fell 7.0 from 7.0 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=7.0 · 2022=8.3 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Arlington, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 151% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #335/489
  • PHOTO 1832 - Blaine
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1832 - Blaine (0.0 TCR gap)

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Arlington Dirt Cheap in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Arlington Dirt Cheap averages 5.1 TCR (151% of the Department stores, discount BLS benchmark).

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

Arlington Dirt Cheap TCR series: 2021=7 · 2022=8.3 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Arlington Dirt Cheap falls in its industry

4,991 Department stores, discount establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #335 safest of 489 Department stores, discount employers in Texas.

Arlington Dirt Cheap (44 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Arlington Dirt Cheap
Arlington Dirt Cheap (44 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Arlington Dirt Cheap has fewer employees than the Department stores, discount 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 8.3 8.3 1 0 0
2021 7.0 7.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · TX · Arlington

4,991 Department stores, discount employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 475 employers in Arlington, 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 1832 - Blaine 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2501 - Hampton 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ross store 1070 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3262 - LA Glassell Park 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corteva - Lubbock Research 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE WRANGLER FEED YARD 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Devon Energy Corporation - Cresson 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Driver Directional, Inc. 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR GM Arlington Assembly 4,769 FTE
CITY-NEAR TX Arlington Warehouse 4,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR TX Arlington 4,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR Texas Health Physician Group 3,831 FTE
NAT-TCR Clendenin Lumber Company 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Sanderson Farms McComb Hatchery 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Lahey Health at Home - Beverly 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Superior Roll Forming LLC 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Waveland Dirt Cheap 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Varian, Seattle 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tri State Curb, Inc. 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Diamond Parking - Corporate Office Location 44 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.