Automobile dealers, new only or new and used · Texas
Tipton Motors Inc.
Brownsville, TX · ~156 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Tipton Motors Inc. runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Automobile dealers, new only or new and used workplace, earning a grade D.
Tipton Motors Inc.: 4.3 TCR = 125% of Automobile dealers, new only or new and used BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Tipton Motors Inc. safety composite
Tipton Motors Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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).
30/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.79 per 100 workers
Safer than 10% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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
Tipton Motors Inc.: 2.4 → 4.8 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 6.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.13× in 2024
Tipton Motors Inc.'s TCR rose 2.4 from 2.4 in 2019 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 441110 · Brownsville, TX ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 125% of ind
- DART 4.8 DART
- RANK #212/258
- PHOTO PAYNE CHEVROLET INC
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 32 inj
- SIZE ~156 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: PAYNE CHEVROLET INC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Tipton Motors Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Tipton Motors Inc.
4.3 TCR
- PAYNE CHEVROLE
PAYNE CHEVROLET INC
4.3 TCR
- CC MOTOR SALES
CC MOTOR SALES LLC
4.3 TCR
- John L Sulliva
John L Sullivan Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram
4.3 TCR
- Zimbrick East
Zimbrick East Side
4.3 TCR
What this shows Tipton Motors Inc. averages 4.3 TCR (125% of the Automobile dealers, new only or new and used BLS benchmark).
Tipton Motors Inc. TCR series: 2019=2.4 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 3.4
Where Tipton Motors Inc. falls in its industry
2,847 Automobile dealers, new only o establishmentsSafer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #212 safest of 258 Automobile dealers, new only o employers in Texas.
Tipton Motors Inc. has more employees than the Automobile dealers, new only or new and median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.6 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
441110 · TX · Brownsville
2,847 Automobile dealers, new only or new and used employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 155 employers in Brownsville, 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 | PAYNE CHEVROLET INC | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CC MOTOR SALES LLC | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | John L Sullivan Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Zimbrick East Side | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Scout Downhole | 156 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Larrett Inc. | 156 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Belt Construction of Texas, LLC | 156 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Graco Mechanical | 156 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Brownsville, TX | 2,161 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4701-769 | 802 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HCA Valley Regional Medical Center | 764 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Valley Regional Medical Center | 759 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | AmeriGas - ACE-Yuba City, CA | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | W.R. Forde Associates, Inc. | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pumpman Phoenix | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Innovative Machining Technology, Inc. Boyertown, PA | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Maricopa County - Animal Care and Control (790) | 156 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Decoursey KY Trackwork | 156 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 106 Arizona Meats | 156 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Emerald Peek | 156 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.