Industry profile · NAICS 452319

Retail Store

Workplace injury rates across 2,289 OSHA-reporting establishments in this industry, 2016–2024. Average TCR uses the 1,513 establishments with a credible rate.

2,289
Employers
7.1
Avg TCR (rated)
3.4
BLS benchmark
5,271
Injuries (all)

TCR, interpreted

Far above average

7.1 avg TCR

The industry picture

According to OSHA ITA filings (2016–2024), Retail Store ranks #46 of 540 industries with at least 100 rated employers by average Total Case Rate (higher TCR = more injuries per 100 workers). The 1,513 rated employers in Retail Store average 7.1 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 2.1 times the BLS national benchmark of 3.4.

#46 of 540
corpus TCR rank · ≥100 rated
7.1
avg TCR · rated subset
3.4
BLS national benchmark
1,513
rated employers

ITA inventory (2,289) and injury totals cover every reporting establishment; the average TCR is the rated subset only. Corpus rank matches /rankings/most-dangerous-industries (≥100 rated employers). BLS IIF is a separate survey population, see Methodology → Three Populations.

Where Retail Store sits nationally on injury rate

Average Total Case Rate, industries with ≥100 rated employers

7 Among the most dangerous lower TCR than 8% of 540 industries

Industries, banded by average TCR

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Source OSHA Injury Tracking Application (2016–2024) · 2026-08-25

What Retail Store Safety Data Reveals

According to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application (2016–2024), Retail Store ranks #46 of 540 industries with at least 100 rated establishments by rated-subset average Total Case Rate (same basis as the most-dangerous-industries ranking; higher TCR means more injuries). The Retail Store sector (NAICS 452319) encompasses 2,289 distinct employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Across this cohort, workers have logged 5,271 recordable injuries during the 2016–2024 reporting window. The industry-weighted average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 7.1 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year is computed on the 1,513 establishments with a credible rate (see methodology). 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 7.1 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 Retail Store 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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EmployerLocationGradeAvg TCR
Store 1251Pocono Summit, PAF29.9
Store 1915Anderson, CAF28.7
Store 1421Opelousas, LAF28.6
Store 1776Groveland, FLF28.2
Store 2326Albuquerque, NMF28.1
4186-06076Caldwell, IDF28.1
4186-07236Davie, FLF28.0
Store 1268Abbeville, LAF27.4
Store 1618Jackson, CAF27.0
Store 1775Show Low, AZF26.6
Store 4632Hilo, HIF26.4
Store 1572Plympton, MAF25.7
Store 1317Ravenel, SCF25.5
Store 1333Windsor, CAF25.4
Store 2127Moorpark, CAF25.3
4186-07872Elma, WAF25.3
Store 2227Tinton Falls, NJF24.3
4186-05535League City, TXF24.2
7012 - AvonAvon, MAF23.9
Store 1868Milford, PAF23.9
Store 1274Alexandria, LAF23.9
4186-02619Phoenix, AZF23.5
Store 1980Louisa, VAF23.3
Store 1573Brodheadsville, PAF23.1
Store 1298Lagrange, KYF23.0
Store 1582Bosque Farms, NMF22.7
Store 1451Lucedale, MSF22.7
Store 1848Madera, CAF22.3
Store 1885Woodland Park, COF21.8
Store 1673Sanford, NCF21.6
Store 2145Brentwood, CAF21.6
4186-05255Kent, WAF21.3
4186-04929Rialto, CAF20.8
Store 1297Gloucester, VAF20.6
4186-07134Terre Haute, INF20.4
Store 1538Gulfport, MSF20.4
Store 1361Athens, GAF20.3
Store 1817Antelope, CAF20.0
4186-04734Ontario, CAF19.8
Store 2136Queen Creek, AZF19.8
4186-01377Topeka, KSF19.8
Store 1461Hattiesburg, MSF19.7
4186-02523Reno, NVF19.7
Store 1315Galt, CAF19.7
Store 2048Seagoville, TXF19.6
Store 1282Wilkes Barre, PAF19.3
Store 1518Alamogordo, NMF19.2
4186-07661Chicago, ILF19.1
Store 2159Shelton, WAF19.1
4186-02999Shelbyville, KYF18.8
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Nationwide industries with similar injury rates or employer scale

Two PlainSafetyScore-derived peer sets for Retail Store: nearest NAICS cohorts by rated-subset average TCR and by OSHA-reporting employer inventory. These are cross-industry neighborhoods, not the employer list above.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average injury rate (TCR) in Retail Store?

Across 1,513 OSHA-reporting establishments with a credible rate, Retail Store averages 7.1 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers per year (Total Case Rate, 2016-2024). The BLS national benchmark for this NAICS code is 3.4.

How does Retail Store compare with other industries nationally?

Retail Store ranks #46 of 540 industries with at least 100 rated employers by average TCR (highest TCR = #1, most dangerous). That places it above 8% of ranked industries by injury rate.

How many employers report in Retail Store?

2,289 establishments report to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application under this NAICS code, of which 1,513 have a credible enough filing history to carry a rated average TCR.

Data sourced from official public datasets, PlainSafetyScore's OSHA ITA / BLS-based industry database (2016-2024). Retrieved and formatted by PlainSafetyScore. See our methodology for details.

Working in Retail Store?

This sector averages 7.1 against a BLS benchmark of 3.4 - but individual employers span the full A-to-F range.

Sector figures use the credible-subset mean across reporting employers; a benchmark is not any single establishment's measured rate.

Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.

Retail Store Safety FAQ

What is the average injury rate (TCR) in Retail Store?

Across 1,513 OSHA-reporting establishments with a credible rate, Retail Store averages 7.1 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers per year (Total Case Rate, 2016-2024). The BLS national benchmark for this NAICS code is 3.4.

How does Retail Store compare with other industries nationally?

Retail Store ranks #46 of 540 industries with at least 100 rated employers by average TCR (highest TCR = #1, most dangerous). That places it above 8% of ranked industries by injury rate.

How many employers report in Retail Store?

2,289 establishments report to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application under this NAICS code, of which 1,513 have a credible enough filing history to carry a rated average TCR.