Ornamental ironwork merchant wholesalers · California

Builders Fence Company, Inc. Fontana

Fontana, CA · ~25 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Builders Fence Company, Inc. Fontana runs at 284% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ornamental ironwork merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Builders Fence Company, Inc. Fontana: 6.2 TCR = 284% of Ornamental ironwork merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Builders Fence Company, Inc. Fontana safety composite

Builders Fence Company, Inc. Fontana scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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).

F

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Builders Fence Company, Inc. Fontana: 8.8 → 10.6 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 10.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.13× in 2023

Builders Fence Company, Inc. Fontana's TCR rose 1.8 from 8.8 in 2018 to 10.6 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423390 · Fontana, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.2 · 284% of ind

  • DART 7.1 DART
  • RANK #18/26
  • PHOTO 542 - GAITHERSBURG-I…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 542 - GAITHERSBURG-INT BRANCH (0.0 TCR gap)

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Builders Fence Company, Inc. Fontana in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Builders Fence Company, Inc. Fontana averages 6.2 TCR (284% of the Ornamental ironwork merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Builders Fence Company, Inc. Fontana TCR series: 2018=8.8 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=10.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Builders Fence Company, Inc. Fontana falls in its industry

168 Ornamental ironwork merchant w establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 26 Ornamental ironwork merchant w employers in California.

Builders Fence Company, Inc. Fontana (25 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Builders Fence Company, Inc. Fontana
Builders Fence Company, Inc. Fontana (25 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Builders Fence Company, Inc. Fontana has fewer employees than the Ornamental ironwork merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2023 10.6 7.1 3 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 6.5 6.5 1 1 0
2020 7.5 7.5 2 0 0
2019 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2018 8.8 8.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423390 · CA · Fontana

168 Ornamental ironwork merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 363 employers in Fontana, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR 542 - GAITHERSBURG-INT BRANCH 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Titan Distribution LLC 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 560 - JACKSONVILLE-INT BRANCH 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 588 - HONOLULU-INT BRANCH 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Conservation Farms Ranches 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE GM Ag Services, Inc. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farm Shop 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dougherty Brothers 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : LAX9 2,844 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - LAX9 2,645 FTE
CITY-NEAR 08880314 FONTANA MEDICAL CENTER 2,635 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2032-08180314 2,236 FTE
NAT-TCR Smith & Wesson Houlton, ME Site B 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Corporate Group 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Dothan Dirt Cheap 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Independence Square 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tri Cities Foundations Inc 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Compassus - Memphis 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Compassus - Reston 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Compassus GR Manchester 25 FTE

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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.