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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
RKI, Inc.HoustonTruck bodies and cabs manufaD5.3
0823 - El Paso East George Dieter DrEl PasoDiscount Department StoresD5.3
034-00138New CaneySupermarkets and Other GroceD5.3
035-00536Fort WorthSupermarkets and Other GroceD5.3
Gemini Industries, Inc. of Grand PrairieGrand PrairieArchitectural coatings (i.e.D5.3
ACE MaintenanceAustinBuilding cleaning services, C5.3
Houston and surrounding areasHouston811192 Car WashesF5.3
Oak Hill_1375768AustinMail and Parcel DeliveryC5.3
Frisco Embassy SuitesFriscoHotels and MotelsD5.3
Goodwill Industries of Dallas, Inc. Collin CreekPlanoThrift shops, used merchandiD5.3
Wm 1313San AntonioWarehouse Clubs and SupercenD5.3
Cft Dyess Afb, TxDyess AfbSupport Activities for Air TC5.3
North America : GarlandGarlandWood Window and Door ManufacD5.3
Conns DC-DallasDallasGeneral WarehousingC5.3
Symbotic New BraunsfelsNew BraunfelsWarehousing (except farm proC5.3
9215-AUSAustinGround HandlerC5.3
Auberge at CypresswoodHoustonAssisted-living facilities wD5.3
060 Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DentonDentonHospitals, general medical aB5.3
4238-158Del RioFacilities Support ServicesF5.3
827CantonWarehouse Clubs and SupercenD5.3
Werner Enterprises/DALTX TerminalDallasOther Support Activities forC5.3
LifeShare Blood Center- BeaumontBeaumontBlood banksD5.3
HyosungIrvingATMs (automatic teller machiD5.3
Arlingtion Distribution CenterArlingtonGeneral warehousing and storC5.3
Senior Care of Marlandwood EastTempleSkilled nursing facilitiesC5.3
Pssi / Sterling FoodsSan AntonioBuilding Maintenance ServiceC5.3
Stellar Veterinary Services, LLCEl PasoVeterinary servicesF5.3
LFKLufkinGeneral freight trucking, loC5.3
ABIBairdGeneral freight trucking, loC5.3
Texas Honing, Inc. SouthPearlandMachine shopsD5.3
Triple R Electric, Inc.San AntonioElectrical contractorsD5.3
Copesan Services, Inc. dba Holder's Pest SolutionsHoustonPest control (except agriculC5.3
Sabre GalvenizingAlavaradoHot dip galvanizing metals aD5.3
Houston TXSeabrookStevedoring servicesC5.3
MeadowoodGrapevineAssisted-living facilities wD5.3
TXD038MckinneyTire DealersD5.3
Kilgore's Clear Lake LumberLeague CityBuilding materials supply deD5.3
Texas Building Products, Inc.StrawnBlocks, concrete and cinder,D5.3
Chandler Cabinets, Inc.Pilot PointCabinets, wood household-typD5.3
6579 TerrellTerrellHome CentersD5.3
7503 - 1-MainPleasantonLandscaping ServicesC5.3
Abs-0020-0022-00135 Fac-00135-Texarkana-TxTexarkanaSupermarkets and Other GroceD5.3
Swy-0020-0020-01925 Fac-01925-Rowlett-TxRowlettSupermarkets and Other GroceD5.3
Rudolph Foods DallasDallasPork rinds manufacturingD5.3
Swissport Ground Handling - AUS - AUS-GHAAustinOther Airport ServicesC5.3
298 TomballTomballRetailD5.3
0541 ArlingtonArlingtonHome CentersD5.3
CHRISTUS Surgery Center - San MarcosSan MarcosAmbulatory surgical centers D5.3
2571AustinAutomotive DealersD5.3
MFE103McallenAirports, Flying Fields & SeC5.3
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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).

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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.