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Texas workplace safety

How 38,394 OSHA-reporting employers across Texas compare on workplace injuries, 2016–2024. Average TCR uses the 32,225 establishments with a credible rate (see methodology).

38,394
Employers
4.4
Avg TCR (rated)
611,611
Injuries (all)
542
Fatalities (all)

TCR, interpreted

Far above average

4.4 avg TCR

Texas vs all states by OSHA-reporting employer count

Where this state's ITA establishment inventory sits among every tracked state and territory (coverage signal, not a safety ranking)

38,394 2nd of 54 higher than 52 of 54 states

States and territories, banded by OSHA ITA reporting employer count

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source official public datasets · 2026

The state picture

Texas's 32,225 rated reporting employers average 4.4 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 1.6 times the ~2.7 all-industry private-sector norm.

4.4
avg TCR · rated subset
32,225
rated employers
38,394
all reporting employers
611,611
recordable injuries (all)

Inventory counts and injury/fatality totals cover all 38,394 ITA establishments; the average TCR excludes zero-rate and corrupt-hours filings. See Methodology → Three Populations.

Texas grade distribution 38,382 graded establishments · width = share

17% of Texas's reporting establishments earn an F and 22% an A, each measured against its own industry benchmark, not the state line. These grades are a transparent derived index, not an official OSHA rating; see the Methodology for the exact formula.

Where Texas ranks among states

54 states & territories by avg TCR

Texas's average TCR of 4.4 is lower than 91% of states, a state average reflects industry mix as much as workplace safety.

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A second cut tells a different story: ranked by rated-subset injury rate alone, Texas is #6 of 54. Ranked instead by fatalities per rated employer establishment (same 32,225-employer subset), it's #38 of 54, a 32-place swing. A state can run a moderate everyday injury rate while its rarer, most severe incidents cluster differently; the two metrics measure different things on the same population and shouldn't be read as interchangeable.

How Texas Workplaces Compare

Texas hosts 38,394 employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. These are not small shops: federal rules require ITA submission from workplaces with 250+ employees in any industry, plus workplaces with 20+ employees in the roughly 60 NAICS codes classified as high-hazard (construction, manufacturing, healthcare, warehousing, agriculture, and others). Across this Texas cohort, workers have logged 611,611 recordable injuries. The published state average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 4.4 injuries per 100 full-time workers uses the 32,225 establishments with a credible rate (zero-rate and corrupt-hours filings stay in the inventory counts above but are excluded from the average, see methodology).

The state has recorded 542 workplace fatalities in the reporting window, which is tracked separately from non-fatal injury counts because fatal events have their own investigation trail under 29 CFR 1904.39. Reading state-level TCR requires context: the headline figure is driven by a state's industry mix. A state with a heavy construction, logging, or meatpacking footprint will mechanically post higher TCR than a state dominated by finance or professional services, even when individual employers are equally well-managed. That is why the employer table below sorts each establishment by its own TCR and letter grade, against the BLS benchmark for its specific industry, not against the state average.

For jobseekers, relocators, investors, and local safety professionals, state-level pages function as an entry point: use the grade-sorted list to spot the safest and highest-risk employers in Texas, then click through to an individual establishment for its year-by-year injury, illness, DART, and fatality trajectory. Compare multiple years before drawing conclusions, a single outlier year can reflect a specific event, whereas a sustained pattern across reporting cycles is a more reliable risk signal. All data comes directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries. State OSHA plans in 22 states operate their own enforcement programs in parallel, but the injury data above is harmonized through the federal ITA system.

Employers in Texas, by injury rate

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EmployerCityIndustryGradeAvg TCR
6443-569326Dripping SpringsResidential Intellectual andD5.8
Compassionate Care Hospice of BryanBryanHospice care services, in hoC5.8
Macarthur BlvdGrand PrairieConstructionF5.8
TXC010WeslacoTire DealersD5.8
P&S Transportation Wichita Falls, TXWichita FallsFlatbed trucking, long-distaD5.8
Elements Lawn and LandscapeAustinLandscape care and maintenanD5.8
DilleyDilleyPower and Communication LineF5.8
MG Foods TXLongview-D5.8
Hutchins Re-entry - VOA TexasHutchinsCommunity chestsF5.8
Hca Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebsterGeneral medical and surgicalB5.8
Queretaro Foods LLCHouston-D5.8
Axel RoyalSchertzLubricating oils and greasesD5.8
TTI, Inc- 3737Fort WorthElectronic parts (e.g., condF5.8
USM Store #542 (United)DumasSupermarketD5.8
South Texas Surgical HospitalCorpus ChristiHospitals, general medical aB5.8
R2 Corp AustinAustinComputers merchant wholesaleF5.8
969 Fort Worth, TxFort WorthFamily Clothing StoresD5.8
785500000Harlingen-C5.8
FoodTown #014BaytownGrocery storesD5.8
FM78San AntonioCar washesF5.8
Brownfield Rehabilitation and Care CenterBrownfieldConvalescent homes or convalC5.8
Snyder Salvage LTDHollandAuto salvage yards (i.e., reD5.8
TAO Industries dba Hawk ConstructionEl PasoConcrete pouringF5.8
Texas Health DentonDenton-B5.8
MANOR_1371684ManorMail and Parcel DeliveryD5.8
North Star MallPlanoCleaning shopping centersD5.8
400AAustinSporting goods and supplies F5.8
BogataBogataLayer-type chicken productioD5.8
2807-2235DecaturHomecenterD5.8
2807-2441ForneyHomecenterD5.8
Ram Tool Construction Supply Company - AustinAustinIndustrial supplies (except F5.8
Central Freight Lines, Inc. - McAllenMcallenGeneral freight trucking, loD5.8
New Earth CNSConroeCompost manufacturingD5.8
Stewart CreekFriscoWater treatment plant constrF5.8
0048 - Fort Worth, TxFort WorthRetail StoresD5.8
Store #112GrapelandGrocery storesD5.8
TXH020HoustonTire DealersD5.8
TXH056HoustonTire DealersD5.8
HorizonHorizon CityWater & Infrastructure ManagF5.8
Corpus Christi Bayfront Specialty RehabCorpus ChristiGeneral medical and surgicalB5.8
Stephen F Austin - EastColl DHNacogdoches-D5.8
430 TapsShermanUrban Transit SystemsD5.8
ABC Supply 344KatyRoofing, Siding and InsulatiF5.8
Texas Health CleburneCleburne-B5.8
D & D ContractorsMarionCommercial building construcD5.8
Wm 5764Fort WorthWarehouse Clubs and SupercenD5.8
Josue's Meat Market, LTDHoustonDelicatessens primarily retaD5.8
LandWorksGrand PrairieLandscape care and maintenanD5.8
Store 302/304DallasGeneral Warehousing and StorC5.8
Ritter Lumber Company 1NederlandHome centers, building materD5.8
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Nationwide states with similar injury rates or employer scale

Two PlainSafetyScore-derived peer sets for Texas: nearest states and territories by rated-subset average Total Case Rate and by OSHA-reporting employer inventory. These are cross-state neighborhoods, not the employer list above.

Similar average TCR

Nearest states by rated-subset Total Case Rate (4.4 here).

Similar employer inventory

Nearest states by reporting employer count (38,394 here).

Look up a Texas employer → · Compare all states → · How TCR is measured →

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainSafetyScore

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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.