Grocery stores · Texas

FoodTown #005

South Houston, TX · ~81 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

FoodTown #005 runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade C.

FoodTown #005: 3.3 TCR = 98% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

FoodTown #005 safety composite

FoodTown #005 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% 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)
C 3.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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

−6.4

2016→2024

FoodTown #005 injury rate improved

FoodTown #005's TCR fell 6.4 from 6.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.4 · 2017=5.2 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · South Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 98% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #592/1899
  • PHOTO Lowes Foods #151
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~81 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lowes Foods #151 (0.0 TCR gap)

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FoodTown #005 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows FoodTown #005 averages 3.3 TCR (98% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

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

FoodTown #005 TCR series: 2016=6.4 · 2017=5.2 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where FoodTown #005 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 71% 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 #592 safest of 1899 Grocery stores employers in Texas.

FoodTown #005 (81 employees, TCR 3.3) 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 #005
FoodTown #005 (81 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

FoodTown #005 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 4.1 4.1 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 6.6 6.6 3 1 0
2020 2.9 2.9 2 0 0
2019 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2017 5.2 5.2 4 0 0
2016 6.4 3.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · TX · South Houston

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 11 employers in South 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 #151 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Fresh Grocer of Grays Ferry 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR FAREWAY STORES, INC. 049 PAPILLION 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR KJ's Market #608 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kraken Oil & Gas 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Total Frac Solutions 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE ARLINGTON SERVICE CENTER 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Karnes Electric Cooperative, Inc. 81 FTE
CITY-NEAR Straight Line Industrial Services Inc. 124 FTE
CITY-NEAR Houston Plating Company - South Houston 117 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHO-ODFL 109 FTE
CITY-NEAR USA Industries LLC 103 FTE
NAT-TCR Miller Electric Mfg. LLC - Main Plant 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 1000 Houghton 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR North Mississippi Medical Center 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Lowes Foods #151 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Timbermen -- Pallet Plant-4234 HWY 80 N 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ottumwa Generating Station 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coyote Station 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Middleton 81 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.