Amusement parks (e.g., theme, water) · Texas

Schlitterbahn Waterparks - Galveston

Name: Schlitterbahn Waterparks - Galveston Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Galveston, TX · ~684 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.8
Avg TCR: 3.1
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Schlitterbahn Waterparks - Galveston runs at 221% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Amusement parks (e.g., theme, water) workplace, earning a grade F.

Schlitterbahn Waterparks - Galveston: 6.8 TCR = 221% of Amusement parks (e.g., theme, water) BLS 3.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Schlitterbahn Waterparks - Galveston safety composite

Schlitterbahn Waterparks - Galveston scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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).

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 6.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers
DART rate: C 2.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

TCR Δ

−9.1

2021→2023

Schlitterbahn Waterparks - Galveston injury rate improved

Schlitterbahn Waterparks - Galveston's TCR fell 9.1 from 11.4 in 2021 to 2.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=11.4 · 2023=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 713110 · Galveston, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 221% of ind

DART 2.3 DART
RANK #11/21
PHOTO Carmel Clay Parks & …
BOOK 2y book
INJ 17 inj
SIZE ~684 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Carmel Clay Parks & Recreation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Story Land

6.9
This site

6.8
Carmel Clay Pa

6.8
Malibu Grand P

6.8
Santa Monica A

6.8

What this shows Schlitterbahn Waterparks - Galveston averages 6.8 TCR (221% of the Amusement parks (e.g., theme, water) BLS benchmark).

Schlitterbahn Waterparks - Galveston TCR series: 2021=11.4 · 2023=2.3 · BLS 3.1

Where Schlitterbahn Waterparks - Galveston falls in its industry

296 Amusement parks (e.g., theme, establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 21 Amusement parks (e.g., theme, employers in Texas.

Schlitterbahn Waterparks - Galveston (684 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 197 employees and a TCR of 6.3

Schlitterbahn Waterparks - Galveston has more employees than the Amusement parks (e.g., theme, water) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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
2023	2.3	2.3	3	1	0
2021	11.4	9.3	14	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

713110 · TX · Galveston

296 Amusement parks (e.g., theme, water) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 76 employers in Galveston, TX · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Carmel Clay Parks & Recreation	CARMEL, IN	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Malibu Grand Prix-Norcross	NORCROSS, GA	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Story Land	GLEN, NH	6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Santa Monica Amusements, LLC	SANTA MONICA, CA	6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Turbomachinery Solutions : Mfg - Schertz, Texas	SCHERTZ	684 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Nautilus Hyosung America - Hyosung Technology Center	IRVING	684 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Baylor Medical Center at Waxahachie	WAXAHACHIE	684 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lewis Resource Management - EN	ENCINAL	683 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Galveston Office	Galveston	991 FTE
CITY-NEAR	G&H Towing Company	Galveston	502 FTE
CITY-NEAR	San Luis Hotel	Galveston	446 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 504	Galveston	414 FTE
NAT-TCR	PES	St. Louis Park, MN	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ballston Park	Arlington, VA	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Benjamin Steel Co-Mansfield	Mansfield, OH	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	DLR Construction, Inc.	Hastings, MN	6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	McCain Foods #1	Burley, ID	684 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Nice-Pak Prod. Inc / PDI Inc.	Orangeburg, NY	684 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sun Hydraulics, LLC	Sarasota, FL	684 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dexter Axle Company	Albion, IN	684 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: 2023, 2021. 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.