Books merchant wholesalers · Texas

Denton Distribution Center

Denton, TX · ~151 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Denton Distribution Center runs at 331% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Books merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Denton Distribution Center: 7.3 TCR = 331% of Books merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Denton Distribution Center safety composite

Denton Distribution Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−6.0

2016→2021

Denton Distribution Center injury rate improved

Denton Distribution Center's TCR fell 6.0 from 11.5 in 2016 to 5.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.5 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=6.1 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=11.3 · 2021=5.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424920 · Denton, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 331% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK P25
  • PHOTO Knoxville DC
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 62 inj
  • SIZE ~151 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Knoxville DC (0.2 TCR gap)

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Denton Distribution Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Denton Distribution Center averages 7.3 TCR (331% of the Books merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Denton Distribution Center TCR series: 2016=11.5 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=6.1 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=11.3 · 2021=5.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Denton Distribution Center falls in its industry

57 Books merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Denton Distribution Center (151 employees, TCR 7.3) among 25 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 191 employees and a TCR of 3.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 26 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Denton Distribution Center
Denton Distribution Center (151 employees, TCR 7.3) among 25 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 191 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Denton Distribution Center has fewer employees than the Books merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2021 5.5 5.5 5 0 0
2020 11.3 11.3 14 0 0
2019 2.5 2.5 4 0 0
2018 6.1 5.7 13 0 0
2017 6.8 6.8 12 0 0
2016 11.5 11.5 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424920 · TX · Denton

57 Books merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 211 employers in Denton, 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 Knoxville DC 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR ReaderLink Western Distribution Center 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR MPS Main Facility 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MPS Returns Center 7.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Westin Homes and Properties, LP 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE Performance Contractors, Inc. - Air Products-Laporte 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keystone Concrete Placement Tesla 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE DMG Masonry LLC 151 FTE
CITY-NEAR Peterbilt Paccar 2,843 FTE
CITY-NEAR Peterbilt Motors Company 2,095 FTE
CITY-NEAR Texas Health Denton 1,091 FTE
CITY-NEAR 060 Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton 1,040 FTE
NAT-TCR TrueNorth Steel-Billings 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Carlisle Wide Plank Floors, Inc. 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Highland Oaks Health Center 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Bedrock Concrete LLC 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Center for Organ Recovery and Education 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE STC 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE FCL Logistics ltd. 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE University of Connecticut - Waterbury Branch 151 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.