Courier services (i.e., intercity network) (except establishments operating under a universal service obligation) · Texas

Houston SDO

Houston, TX · ~67 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
6.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Houston SDO runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Courier services (i.e., intercity network) (except establishments operating under a universal service obligation) workplace, earning a grade C.

Houston SDO: 5.7 TCR = 87% of Courier services (i.e., intercity network) (except establishments operating under a universal service obligation) BLS 6.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Houston SDO safety composite

Houston SDO scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
D 6.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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 SDO: 4.5 → 6.7 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 8.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.17× in 2019

Houston SDO's TCR rose 2.1 from 4.5 in 2016 to 6.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 1.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 492110 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 5.7 · 87% of ind

  • DART 6.7 DART
  • RANK #123/463
  • PHOTO Amazon.com Services …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~67 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Amazon.com Services LLC - DPX4 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Houston SDO in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Houston SDO averages 5.7 TCR (87% of the Courier services (i.e., intercity network) (except establishments operating under a universal service obligation) BLS benchmark).

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

Houston SDO TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2017=3 · 2018=8.6 · 2019=6.7 · BLS 6.5

Where Houston SDO falls in its industry

6,679 Courier services (i.e., interc establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #123 safest of 463 Courier services (i.e., interc employers in Texas.

Houston SDO (67 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 8.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Houston SDO
Houston SDO (67 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 8.0

Houston SDO has fewer employees than the Courier services (i.e., intercity networ median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 8.0. 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
2019 6.7 6.7 5 0 0
2018 8.6 8.6 6 0 0
2017 3.0 1.5 2 0 0
2016 4.5 4.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

492110 · TX · Houston

6,679 Courier services (i.e., intercity network) (except establishments operating under a universal service obligation) 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 Amazon.com Services LLC - DPX4 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR KSLEN - LENEXA 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR NCDUR - DURHAM CENTER 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR NCHIK - HICKORY CENTER 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Complex 2 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Post Recycling 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE PT ARTH SABINE 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tolar - Northern District 67 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 69 - Home Care GB 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Specialty Steel 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Edwardsville Crossing 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Dal-Tile Eldersburg RDC 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Great Northern Lumber 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE All Cycle Hauling 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Concept Companies, Inc. 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE SPX Heat Transfer LLC 67 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.