Home centers, building materials · Texas

DW Distribution (DeSoto)

Desoto, TX · ~239 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DW Distribution (DeSoto) runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Home centers, building materials workplace, earning a grade B.

DW Distribution (DeSoto): 2.6 TCR = 76% of Home centers, building materials BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DW Distribution (DeSoto) safety composite

DW Distribution (DeSoto) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−0.4

2016→2021

DW Distribution (DeSoto) injury rate improved

DW Distribution (DeSoto)'s TCR fell 0.4 from 2.7 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.7 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444110 · Desoto, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 76% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #123/508
  • PHOTO 3508 FARMINGTON
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~239 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 3508 FARMINGTON (0.0 TCR gap)

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DW Distribution (DeSoto) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DW Distribution (DeSoto) averages 2.6 TCR (76% of the Home centers, building materials BLS benchmark).

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

DW Distribution (DeSoto) TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=2.2 · BLS 3.4

Where DW Distribution (DeSoto) falls in its industry

6,309 Home centers, building materia establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #123 safest of 508 Home centers, building materia employers in Texas.

DW Distribution (DeSoto) (239 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate DW Distribution (DeSoto)
DW Distribution (DeSoto) (239 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7

DW Distribution (DeSoto) has more employees than the Home centers, building materials median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 2.2 1.7 4 0 0
2020 1.4 1.4 3 0 0
2019 4.2 4.2 8 1 0
2018 2.4 2.0 6 0 0
2017 2.5 2.1 6 0 0
2016 2.7 1.1 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444110 · TX · Desoto

6,309 Home centers, building materials employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 67 employers in Desoto, 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 3508 FARMINGTON 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3859 STREETSBORO 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0726 LOWE S OF WILSON NC 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2928 LOWE S OF FAR EAST EL PASO TX 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gulf Coast Pipeline Services 239 FTE
STATE-SIZE Performance Contractors, Inc. - Valero-Port Arthur 239 FTE
STATE-SIZE LCR Contractors, LLC 239 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coreslab Structures (Texas), Inc 239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 826 - EFC4 DeSoto, TX 1,282 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6938 473 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6938 446 FTE
CITY-NEAR DeSoto Overhaul Center 416 FTE
NAT-TCR Hillyard Lexington 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 62031 - Capstone Fdservice Grp Little Rock Ar 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Drury Inn & Suites - St. Louis St. Peters 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Vesco Oil Corp 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE American Buildings Company-Midwest Division 239 FTE
NAT-SIZE Empire Level 239 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dierks 239 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dwight Ofc/Whse 239 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.