Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers · Texas
Houston Avocado Company Inc
Houston, TX · ~124 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.0
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Houston Avocado Company Inc runs at 456% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Houston Avocado Company Inc: 10.0 TCR = 456% of Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Houston Avocado Company Inc safety composite
Houston Avocado Company Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.03 per 100 workers
Safer than 15% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.65 per 100 workers
Safer than 68% 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%).
TCR Δ
−24.3
2017→2024
Houston Avocado Company Inc injury rate improved
Houston Avocado Company Inc's TCR fell 24.3 from 25.9 in 2017 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 25.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=25.9 · 2019=8.8 · 2020=5.6 · 2021=8.1 · 2024=1.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424480 · Houston, TX ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 10.0 · 456% of ind
- DART 1.6 DART
- RANK #25/26
- PHOTO Sanwa International …
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 30 inj
- SIZE ~124 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Sanwa International Wholesale Foods, LLC (0.1 TCR gap)
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Houston Avocado Company Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Sanwa Internat
Sanwa International Wholesale Foods, LLC
10.1 TCR
- J. Ambrogi Foo
J. Ambrogi Foods
10.1 TCR
- FOOD SERVICE S
FOOD SERVICE SLICING, LLC
10.1 TCR
- NANCO Distribu
NANCO Distribution Company
10.1 TCR
- This site
Houston Avocado Company Inc
10 TCR
What this shows Houston Avocado Company Inc averages 10.0 TCR (456% of the Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Houston Avocado Company Inc TCR series: 2017=25.9 · 2019=8.8 · 2020=5.6 · 2021=8.1 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 2.2
Where Houston Avocado Company Inc falls in its industry
369 Fresh fruits, vegetables and b establishmentsSafer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 26 Fresh fruits, vegetables and b employers in Texas.
Houston Avocado Company Inc has more employees than the Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries mer median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 25.9 | 23.1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424480 · TX · Houston
369 Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers 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 | Sanwa International Wholesale Foods, LLC | 10.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | J. Ambrogi Foods | 10.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | FOOD SERVICE SLICING, LLC | 10.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NANCO Distribution Company | 10.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Citadel Drilling Ltd | 124 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cisco Logistics | 124 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CenterPoint Energy - Bellaire | 124 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Stoneridge Solar | 124 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 | Gateway Transitional Care Center | 10.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Primrose Retirement Community of Council Bluffs | 10.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Store 106 | 10.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ocala Fl - 915 | 10.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Germantown | 124 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hill Top Home of Comfort, Inc | 124 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | La Clinica | 124 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | New York | 124 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.