DAIRY DISTRIBUTION · Texas

Dfa Distributing West - Waco Tx

Waco, TX · ~23 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dfa Distributing West - Waco Tx runs at 228% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical DAIRY DISTRIBUTION workplace, earning a grade F.

Dfa Distributing West - Waco Tx: 5.0 TCR = 228% of DAIRY DISTRIBUTION BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dfa Distributing West - Waco Tx safety composite

Dfa Distributing West - Waco Tx scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

Dfa Distributing West - Waco Tx: 3.8 → 6.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.24× in 2024

Dfa Distributing West - Waco Tx's TCR rose 2.4 from 3.8 in 2023 to 6.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424430 · Waco, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.0 · 228% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #11/23
  • PHOTO Creamery
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Creamery (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dfa Distributing West - Waco Tx in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dfa Distributing West - Waco Tx averages 5.0 TCR (228% of the DAIRY DISTRIBUTION BLS benchmark).

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

Dfa Distributing West - Waco Tx TCR series: 2023=3.8 · 2024=6.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Dfa Distributing West - Waco Tx falls in its industry

231 DAIRY DISTRIBUTION establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 23 DAIRY DISTRIBUTION employers in Texas.

Dfa Distributing West - Waco Tx (23 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 5.9 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Dfa Distributing West - Waco Tx
Dfa Distributing West - Waco Tx (23 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 5.9

Dfa Distributing West - Waco Tx has fewer employees than the DAIRY DISTRIBUTION median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. 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
2024 6.2 6.2 2 0 0
2023 3.8 3.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424430 · TX · Waco

231 DAIRY DISTRIBUTION employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 314 employers in Waco, 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 Creamery 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mayfield - Braselton - McDonough 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR DFA DISTRIBUTING NORTH - LEBANON PA 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR WHITMAN 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Houston South Mill Distribution, LLC 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smallhold, Buda 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMARILLO SOD FARM 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE VISITORS MANAGEMENT 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Hillcrest 1,512 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - AUS3 1,468 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-TXWAC1 1,407 FTE
CITY-NEAR L3Harris AS IAS Waco 1,400 FTE
NAT-TCR Storm Construction, Inc. 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Broadwind Heavy Fabrications 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hillphoenix, Inc 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Katerberg VerHage, Inc. 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 11402 Fallbrook 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jacobs Glass 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Micro Mold 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE 14-GA 23 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. 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.