Industry profile · NAICS 452111

Department stores (except discount department stores)

Name: Department stores (except discount department stores) Workplace Safety Data
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Workplace injury rates across 2,383 OSHA-reporting establishments in this industry, 2016–2024.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore Editorial, Employer Workplace Safety Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

2,383
Employers: 3.8
Avg TCR: 3.4
BLS benchmark: 11,474
Injuries

The industry picture

Employers in Department stores (except discount department stores) average 3.8 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 1.1 times the BLS national benchmark of 3.4.

3.8
avg TCR · reporting employers: 3.4
BLS national benchmark: 2,383
employers reporting: 11,474
recordable injuries

OSHA-reporting establishments skew toward larger, higher-hazard sites, so the reporting average runs above the BLS all-establishment benchmark.

What Department stores (except discount department stores) Safety Data Reveals

The Department stores (except discount department stores) sector (NAICS 452111) encompasses 2,383 distinct employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Across this cohort, workers have logged 11,474 recordable injuries during the 2016–2024 reporting window, producing an industry-weighted average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 3.8 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year. Because OSHA's ITA mandates submission from establishments with 250+ employees plus all high-hazard industries at 20+ employees, this dataset represents a structural slice of U.S. workplace risk rather than a voluntary sample.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a separate national benchmark TCR of 3.4 for this NAICS code, derived from the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Comparing the two, the ITA-reported rate of 3.8 is higher than the BLS benchmark, a gap that typically widens when the industry contains many large, high-exposure establishments required to file ITA reports. Employers in the table below are sorted so you can see how far individual establishments deviate from both the industry average and the national benchmark.

The practical value of industry-level safety data is threefold. First, jobseekers can gauge whether a prospective employer is better or worse than its industry peers, not just absolute injury counts, which tilt toward larger payrolls. Second, insurers and workers' compensation carriers use sector TCR as a baseline for experience-modification adjustments. Third, safety professionals benchmark their own programs against the cohort median. Use the grade-sorted employer list below to identify specific establishments within Department stores (except discount department stores) that outperform or underperform the sector average, and click through to each record for year-by-year injury, illness, and fatality breakdowns.

Employers in this industry, by injury rate

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Employer	Location	Grade
Store 0388 Cape Coral	Cape Coral, FL	C
Store 0547 VIDALIA	Vidalia, GA	C
80030	New York, NY	C
80039	New York, NY	C
80057	Clearwater, FL	C
Store 0072 Gaffney	Gaffney, SC	C
Store 0204 Lake City	Lake City, FL	C
Store 0199 Paragould	Paragould, AR	C
Store 0302 MILLEDGEVILLE	Milledgeville, GA	C
Store 0288 CONWAY	Conway, AR	C
Store 0282 MORRISTOWN	Morristown, TN	C
Store 0316 SPRINGFIELD	Springfield, TN	C
Store 0320 Paris	Paris, TX	C
Store 0352 OWASSO	Owasso, OK	C
Store 0358 MOUNT JULIET	Mount Juliet, TN	C
Store 0359 RUSSELLVILLE	Russellville, AR	C
Store 0374 Walterboro	Walterboro, SC	C
Store 0693 GREENEVILLE	Greeneville, TN	C
Store 0692 CLEVELAND	Cleveland, TN	C
Store 0686 OAK RIDGE	Oak Ridge, TN	C
Store 0682 KINGSPORT	Kingsport, TN	C
Store 0558 STUTTGART	Stuttgart, AR	C
Store 0566 Summerville	Summerville, SC	C
Store 0585 COOKEVILLE	Cookeville, TN	C
Unit #0253	Muncie, IN	C
Unit #0373	La Vale, MD	C
Unit #0400	Big Rapids, MI	C
Unit #0528	Alma, MI	C
Unit #0608	Harrison, AR	C
Unit #0647	Ashtabula, OH	C
Unit #0703	Petoskey, MI	C
Unit #0733	Durango, CO	C
Unit #0830	Laurel, MS	C
Unit #0895	Gainesville, GA	C
Unit #0965	El Dorado, AR	C
Unit #1165	Lewiston, ID	C
Unit #1315	Statesboro, GA	C
Unit #1322	Danville, KY	C
Unit #1348	Paris, TX	C
Unit #1392	West Lebanon, NH	C
Unit #1860	Richmond, IN	C
Unit #1908	Lumberton, NC	C
Unit #1934	Logan, UT	C
Unit #1997	Batavia, NY	C
Unit #2020	Palestine, TX	C
Unit #2089	Middlesboro, KY	C
Unit #2098	Maryville, TN	C
Unit #2122	Alliance, OH	C
Unit #2152	Orangeburg, SC	C
Unit #2153	Sanford, NC	C

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This sector averages 3.8 against a BLS benchmark of 3.4 - but individual employers span the full A-to-F range.

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What Department stores (except discount department stores) Safety Data Reveals

Employers in this industry, by injury rate

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