American Fence - Phoenix, AZ
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PHOENIX, AZ | Fencing contractors (except electronic containment fencing for pets)
~107 avg employees | 8 years of OSHA data
American Fence - Phoenix, AZ has an average TCR of 2.8, which is 101% of the industry average (2.8) for Fencing contractors (except electronic containment fencing for pets). This is worse than average.
Safety Insights for American Fence - Phoenix, AZ
American Fence - Phoenix, AZ operates an establishment with approximately 107 full-time equivalent workers in PHOENIX, AZ, classified under the Fencing contractors (except electronic containment fencing for pets) industry (NAICS 238990). Across 8 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 28 recordable injuries, 0 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 2.8 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the C letter grade (Average Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 2.8 for Fencing contractors (except electronic containment fencing for pets), American Fence - Phoenix, AZ's workforce experiences 101% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR above the benchmark flags a higher-than-typical risk profile for jobseekers, insurers, and enforcement agencies to examine.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 8 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating American Fence - Phoenix, AZ as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from American Fence - Phoenix, AZ's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 238990 — Fencing contractors (except electronic containment fencing for pets).
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
5 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 234,322 hours worked = 4.27 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| American Fence - Phoenix, AZ (this establishment) | 2.82 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 8-year avg |
| Fence installation (except electronic containment fencing for pets) industry avg | 2.80 | BLS IIF, NAICS 238990 |
| Arizona state avg (all industries) | 14.70 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by American Fence - Phoenix, AZ to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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