Detention centers · Texas

Port Isabel Detention Center

Los Fresnos, TX · ~298 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Port Isabel Detention Center runs at 51% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Detention centers workplace, earning a grade B.

Port Isabel Detention Center: 1.6 TCR = 51% of Detention centers BLS 3.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Port Isabel Detention Center safety composite

Port Isabel Detention Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 54%), 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

Port Isabel Detention Center: 1.1 → 1.4 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 2.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.67× in 2024

Port Isabel Detention Center's TCR rose 0.4 from 1.1 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922140 · Los Fresnos, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 51% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #4/14
  • PHOTO Clinton Avenue NSD
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~298 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Clinton Avenue NSD (0.0 TCR gap)

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Port Isabel Detention Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Port Isabel Detention Center averages 1.6 TCR (51% of the Detention centers BLS benchmark).

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

Port Isabel Detention Center TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=1 · 2019=2.1 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 3.2

Where Port Isabel Detention Center falls in its industry

482 Detention centers establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 14 Detention centers employers in Texas.

Port Isabel Detention Center (298 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 05001,0001,500 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Port Isabel Detention Center
Port Isabel Detention Center (298 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Port Isabel Detention Center has more employees than the Detention centers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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 1.4 1.1 4 0 0
2019 2.1 0.5 4 0 0
2018 1.0 1.0 1 1 0
2017 2.5 1.4 7 0 0
2016 1.1 0.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922140 · TX · Los Fresnos

482 Detention centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 9 employers in Los Fresnos, 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 Clinton Avenue NSD 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ADAMS COUNTY, MS 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SAGUARO CORRECTIONAL 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dept. of Corrections (13) 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2845-BASF Freeport 298 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pieper Houston Electric, LP - Houston Operations Office 298 FTE
STATE-SIZE Johnson Equipment Company 298 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ventura Foods Saginaw 298 FTE
CITY-NEAR UMNormaLinda980 1,044 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2765 233 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2765 222 FTE
CITY-NEAR Los Fresnos 129 FTE
NAT-TCR Nova Structural Steel 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mcwilliams and Son, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Central Transport - 616 616SH 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR D64 North Florida 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Grand Targhee Resort 298 FTE
NAT-SIZE BrandSafway Industries LLC - P66 Wood River Refinery 298 FTE
NAT-SIZE Huck International, INC 298 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Union City 298 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, 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.