Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local · Texas

Houston DSD

Houston, TX · ~32 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Houston DSD runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local workplace, earning a grade B.

Houston DSD: 2.6 TCR = 58% of Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Houston DSD safety composite

Houston DSD scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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 DSD held a steady TCR band

Houston DSD's TCR held near 0.2 from 2.5 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.5 · 2017=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 58% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #56/175
  • PHOTO TNMEB - MEMPHIS MELT…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TNMEB - MEMPHIS MELTECH (0.0 TCR gap)

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Houston DSD in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Houston DSD averages 2.6 TCR (58% of the Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Houston DSD TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=2.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Houston DSD falls in its industry

2,784 Transfer (trucking) services, establishments

Safer than 75% 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 #56 safest of 175 Transfer (trucking) services, employers in Texas.

Houston DSD (32 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Houston DSD
Houston DSD (32 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Houston DSD has fewer employees than the Transfer (trucking) services, general fr 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
2017 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2016 2.5 2.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · TX · Houston

2,784 Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local 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 TNMEB - MEMPHIS MELTECH 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Scrap Hauling Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Austin Trucking LLC 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 263 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE 4795-EA-ABI-ABILENE-ABI-TRML 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Compass Steel Erection, Inc. 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Texas GI Center 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE TXD032 32 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 Kraft Heinz Oscar Mayer 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 0309 - Phoenix-Northgate, Az 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 0276 - Jacksonville, Nc 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 0090 - Pearl, Ms 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Contour Construction 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spring hill Farm Dairy Inc 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rai Mx Ord 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0052 - Everett, Wa 32 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.