Loading and unloading services at rail terminals · Texas

Houston BNSF

Houston, TX · ~42 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Houston BNSF runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Loading and unloading services at rail terminals workplace, earning a grade A.

Houston BNSF: 1.8 TCR = 39% of Loading and unloading services at rail terminals BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Houston BNSF safety composite

Houston BNSF scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

Houston BNSF held a steady TCR band

Houston BNSF's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=5.6 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488210 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.8 · 39% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #34/82
  • PHOTO VLS Hockley
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: VLS Hockley (0.0 TCR gap)

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Houston BNSF in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Houston BNSF averages 1.8 TCR (39% of the Loading and unloading services at rail terminals BLS benchmark).

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

Houston BNSF TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=5.6 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Houston BNSF falls in its industry

409 Loading and unloading services establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 82 Loading and unloading services employers in Texas.

Houston BNSF (42 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0200400600800 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Houston BNSF
Houston BNSF (42 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Houston BNSF has fewer employees than the Loading and unloading services at rail t median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2022 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2021 5.6 5.6 2 0 0
2020 2.8 2.8 0 1 0
2019 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488210 · TX · Houston

409 Loading and unloading services at rail terminals 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 VLS Hockley 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Modesto/Woodland 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Parsec Charleston NS 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Savage Services - Tolk 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Headquarters Southeast 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Littlefield Feedyard 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE TEXAS BEEF PRODUCERS 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3-H Dairy LLC 42 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 Administration 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Northern Indiana Laborers 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Midnight Rose Hotel & Casino 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Pt Washington MS 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Blue Black Square #641 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Webb Plumbing, Heating & Electric Corp 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Key Cooperative - Sully 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Book Fairs - Chicago 42 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, 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.