Paratransit transportation services · Texas
Houston Para
Houston, TX · ~333 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 3.2
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Houston Para runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Paratransit transportation services workplace, earning a grade B.
Houston Para: 3.2 TCR = 70% of Paratransit transportation services BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Houston Para safety composite
Houston Para scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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).
59/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 3.17 per 100 workers
Safer than 79% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.75 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Houston Para: 2.6 → 50.2 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 50.2 TCR · DART/TCR 15.85× in 2021
Houston Para's TCR rose 47.7 from 2.6 in 2016 to 50.2 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 15.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 485991 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 3.2 · 70% of ind
- DART 50.2 DART
- RANK #3/8
- PHOTO Hyattsville, MD
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 24 inj
- SIZE ~333 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Hyattsville, MD (0.0 TCR gap)
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Houston Para in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Houston Para
3.2 TCR
- Hyattsville, M
Hyattsville, MD
3.2 TCR
- 55571 East Bay
55571 East Bay Paratransit
3.2 TCR
- Lakes MediVan
Lakes MediVan
3.2 TCR
- Eugene, OR
Eugene, OR
3.2 TCR
What this shows Houston Para averages 3.2 TCR (70% of the Paratransit transportation services BLS benchmark).
Houston Para TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2018=3.8 · 2021=50.2 · BLS 4.5
Where Houston Para falls in its industry
251 Paratransit transportation ser establishmentsSafer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 8 Paratransit transportation ser employers in Texas.
Houston Para has more employees than the Paratransit transportation services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50.2 | 50.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
485991 · TX · Houston
251 Paratransit transportation services 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 | Hyattsville, MD | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 55571 East Bay Paratransit | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lakes MediVan | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Eugene, OR | 3.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Gladiator Energy, LLC | 333 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | A.L. Helmcamp, Inc. | 333 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lindamood Demolition | 333 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Beaumont Chemical Plant | 333 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 | MacLean Power Systems | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Joplin Cereal Division | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Vintage Millworks, Inc. | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Eagle Transport Corporation - Knoxville | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Jacobson & Company, Inc. | 333 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Unit 2 | 333 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1205 - Woodland Hills Ca Whse | 333 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 0412 - Azusa Ca Whse | 333 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.