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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
Austin Campus - Texas Medical CareersAustinColleges, universities, and C1.7
The Struthoff CompanySan AntonioCommercial building construcB1.7
Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC Dallas, TXDallasPaper (e.g., fine, printing,B1.7
Dysol DBA SocomoreRhomeDegreasing preparations for B1.7
0013 - North DallasDallasDiscount Department StoresA1.7
011-ABERNATHYAbernathyGrocery StoresA1.7
137-Johnson CityJohnson CityGrocery StoresA1.7
Menasha Packaging Company-LewisvilleLewisvilleKit assembling and packagingB1.7
Allnce-B5510-Afh- Alliance StoreFort WorthFURNITURE RETAILA1.7
KleselFlatoniaChicken egg productionA1.7
Collom and Carney Eye InstituteTexarkanaOphthalmologists' offices (eA1.7
Varec BiogasStaffordWater treatment equipment maB1.7
2802BeaumontCompressed gases (except LP B1.7
Precision Spray & Coatings LLCHoustonChrome plating metals and meB1.7
Robert E Price_1366051DallasMail and Parcel DeliveryA1.7
Fort Worth - 16101 Wolff CrossingFort WorthMotor Freight TransportationA1.7
Fg Fort WorthFort WorthLumber Plywood Millwork WoodB1.7
Harrington-Reimbursable CostsAmarilloFossil Fuel Electric Power GD1.7
Yoakum Community HospitalYoakumGeneral medical and surgicalA1.7
Houston OECHoustonIndustrial Machinery and EquB1.7
018 West DallasDallasElectrical WholesalerB1.7
S'n'S ErectorsBurlesonConcrete product (e.g., struB1.7
545 SteeplechaseHoustonDepartment StoreA1.7
PearlandHoustonWaste collection services, nB1.7
Mammoet USA South INC.RosharonSafety net system, erecting B1.7
Hotard Coaches - Port ArthurPort ArthurBus charter services (exceptA1.7
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TaylorTaylor-A1.7
HHG Cedar Park LLC - 69SCedar ParkHotels (except casino hotelsB1.7
Kls Dow TxOrangeGeneral warehousing and storA1.7
Superior Threaded ProductsHoustonBends, pipe, made from purchB1.7
S Thomas Construction, LLCMagnoliaUtility line (i.e., sewer, wB1.7
Quincy Compressor, LLC (South Region)HoustonCompressors, air and gas, geB1.7
6223-875PrairieGeneral Freight Trucking, LoA1.7
2904-ASLLC-TXAnyAgents and brokers, durable B1.7
Goodyear - Forney LC. (SMRU80594)ForneyMotor Freight TransportationA1.7
Diamond Food #4749HenriettaGrocery storesA1.7
Baytown, TX (MB Hydrotreater)BaytownConstruction management, oilB1.7
Mexia Prinicipal Healthcare United PartnershipMexiaGeneral medical and surgicalA1.7
43441a - AbileneAbileneConfectionery Merchant WholeB1.7
2754 - Fort Worth NorthFort Worth-A1.7
Mico Machine CompanyLa GrangeAircraft assemblies, subasseB1.7
Ross store 706AustinRetail StoreA1.7
Lake Wellington, Elmcroft ofWichita Falls-A1.7
HL Flake Company, LLCHoustonLocksmith equipment and suppB1.7
Hillcrest Family Health CenterWaco-A1.7
Saddle ShopKingsvilleLeather goods storesA1.7
Hunt & Hunt, LtdHoustonTubing, flexible metal, manuB1.7
Mid Central Service CenterGarlandDoor frames and sash, metal,B1.7
HoneywellTX06HoustonAircraft assemblies, subasseB1.7
Retrodome 2GarlandWatches and parts merchant wB1.7
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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.