Grocery stores · Texas

FoodTown #003

Houston, TX · ~92 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

FoodTown #003 runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade C.

FoodTown #003: 3.7 TCR = 110% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

FoodTown #003 safety composite

FoodTown #003 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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

−8.1

2016→2024

FoodTown #003 injury rate improved

FoodTown #003's TCR fell 8.1 from 9.8 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.8 · 2017=4.4 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=5.0 · 2024=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Houston, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 110% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #751/1899
  • PHOTO Lowes Foods #210
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~92 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lowes Foods #210 (0.0 TCR gap)

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FoodTown #003 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows FoodTown #003 averages 3.7 TCR (110% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

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

FoodTown #003 TCR series: 2016=9.8 · 2017=4.4 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=5 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 3.4

Where FoodTown #003 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 65% 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 #751 safest of 1899 Grocery stores employers in Texas.

FoodTown #003 (92 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate FoodTown #003
FoodTown #003 (92 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

FoodTown #003 has fewer employees than the Grocery stores 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
2024 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2023 5.0 5.0 3 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.6 3.1 3 0 0
2020 2.8 2.8 2 0 0
2019 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2017 4.4 3.3 4 0 0
2016 9.8 8.7 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · TX · Houston

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, 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 Lowes Foods #210 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Giant Eagle #0047 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Giant Eagle #0053 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 0794 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pecos 341 CR 402, Pecos, TX 79772 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Golden Spread Center 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ft Worth Transmission 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Maintenance 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH IAH 11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-IAH 9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center 8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR 1PHL Sun Chemical 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Tls Okc 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Herman Grant Company 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Five Star Plastics 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE 25 - Chesapeake 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Cottage Grove 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Extreme Tool 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wastequip Eagleville 92 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.