Thrift shops, used merchandise · Colorado

Austin Bluffs Store

Colorado Springs, CO · ~60 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.4
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Austin Bluffs Store runs at 247% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Thrift shops, used merchandise workplace, earning a grade F.

Austin Bluffs Store: 8.4 TCR = 247% of Thrift shops, used merchandise BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Austin Bluffs Store safety composite

Austin Bluffs Store scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

Austin Bluffs Store: 8.3 → 13.8 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 16.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.31× in 2024

Austin Bluffs Store's TCR rose 5.5 from 8.3 in 2016 to 13.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 16.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 453310 · Colorado Springs, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 247% of ind

  • DART 11.0 DART
  • RANK #70/119
  • PHOTO Discover Goodwill of…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Discover Goodwill of Southern and Western Colorado- E-commerce (0.0 TCR gap)

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Austin Bluffs Store in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Austin Bluffs Store averages 8.4 TCR (247% of the Thrift shops, used merchandise BLS benchmark).

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

Austin Bluffs Store TCR series: 2016=8.3 · 2017=7.7 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=2.7 · 2020=16.3 · 2022=10.8 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=13.8 · BLS 3.4

Where Austin Bluffs Store falls in its industry

1,556 Thrift shops, used merchandise establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #70 safest of 119 Thrift shops, used merchandise employers in Colorado.

Austin Bluffs Store (60 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Austin Bluffs Store
Austin Bluffs Store (60 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Austin Bluffs Store has more employees than the Thrift shops, used merchandise median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 13.8 11.0 4 1 0
2023 5.2 5.2 2 0 0
2022 10.8 10.8 4 0 0
2020 16.3 9.8 5 0 0
2019 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2018 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2017 7.7 7.7 3 0 0
2016 8.3 8.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

453310 · CO · Colorado Springs

1,556 Thrift shops, used merchandise employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 832 employers in Colorado Springs, CO · 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 Discover Goodwill of Southern and Western Colorado- E-commerce 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Fork UT DI 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR WESTVILLE STORE 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Boise ID DI 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Farm 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Empire Electric Association 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE O&M Boulder 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1777 Chestnut Place 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Colorado Hospital Memorial Central 3,102 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - DEN4 2,948 FTE
CITY-NEAR Penrose Hospital 2,841 FTE
CITY-NEAR 05070001-050701 PENROSE HOSPITAL 2,391 FTE
NAT-TCR Wildish Standard Paving Co. 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR VA - Danville 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Jail 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR City of North Liberty 8.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Builders Steel Company 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hamilton SC 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Prestress Services Industries Lexington 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alcal Phoenix Multi-Product 60 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.