Fencing contractors (except electronic containment fencing for pets) · Texas

American Fence - Houston TX

Houston, TX · ~16 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

American Fence - Houston TX runs at 508% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fencing contractors (except electronic containment fencing for pets) workplace, earning a grade F.

American Fence - Houston TX: 14.2 TCR = 508% of Fencing contractors (except electronic containment fencing for pets) BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Fence - Houston TX safety composite

American Fence - Houston TX scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

D

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−12.0

2016→2024

American Fence - Houston TX injury rate improved

American Fence - Houston TX's TCR fell 12.0 from 12.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 27.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.0 · 2018=27.3 · 2019=9.4 · 2020=20.2 · 2021=20.0 · 2023=10.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238990 · Houston, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.2 · 508% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #205/206
  • PHOTO Precision Concrete
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~16 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Precision Concrete (0.0 TCR gap)

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American Fence - Houston TX in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows American Fence - Houston TX averages 14.2 TCR (508% of the Fencing contractors (except electronic containment fencing for pets) BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

American Fence - Houston TX TCR series: 2016=12 · 2018=27.3 · 2019=9.4 · 2020=20.2 · 2021=20 · 2023=10.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where American Fence - Houston TX falls in its industry

1,634 Fencing contractors (except el establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #205 safest of 206 Fencing contractors (except el employers in Texas.

American Fence - Houston TX (16 employees, TCR 14.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate American Fence - Houston TX
American Fence - Houston TX (16 employees, TCR 14.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9

American Fence - Houston TX has fewer employees than the Fencing contractors (except electronic c median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 10.7 10.7 2 0 0
2021 20.0 20.0 4 0 0
2020 20.2 10.1 4 0 0
2019 9.4 9.4 2 0 0
2018 27.3 22.7 6 0 0
2016 12.0 12.0 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238990 · TX · Houston

1,634 Fencing contractors (except electronic containment fencing for pets) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, TX · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Precision Concrete 14.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Steve Rich & Associates 14.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sinnott Blacktop, LLC 14.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aragon Pools & Spas, LLC Main Office 14.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE 205 W.Expressway 83 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE TX-DJF-TEXAS 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Gin @ Palacios 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lakeview Coop Gin 16 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH IAH 11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-IAH 9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center 8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR 76 Buffalo Street Operating Company, LLC 14.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Tubular Steel, Inc. 14.2 TCR
NAT-TCR M & M Auto Parts, Inc. 14.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Harrison 14.2 TCR

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.