Fence installation (except electronic containment fencing for pets) · North Dakota

Dakota Fence Company - Fargo

Fargo, ND · ~169 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dakota Fence Company - Fargo runs at 133% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fence installation (except electronic containment fencing for pets) workplace, earning a grade D.

Dakota Fence Company - Fargo: 3.7 TCR = 133% of Fence installation (except electronic containment fencing for pets) BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dakota Fence Company - Fargo safety composite

Dakota Fence Company - Fargo scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

Dakota Fence Company - Fargo: 2.7 → 3.9 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 5.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.9× in 2024

Dakota Fence Company - Fargo's TCR rose 1.2 from 2.7 in 2016 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238990 · Fargo, ND ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.7 · 133% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #9/12
  • PHOTO Cardinal Internation…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 51 inj
  • SIZE ~169 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cardinal International Grooving and Grinding LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dakota Fence Company - Fargo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dakota Fence Company - Fargo averages 3.7 TCR (133% of the Fence installation (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

Dakota Fence Company - Fargo TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2017=2 · 2018=1.9 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 2.8

Where Dakota Fence Company - Fargo falls in its industry

1,634 Fence installation (except ele establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 12 Fence installation (except ele employers in North Dakota.

Dakota Fence Company - Fargo (169 employees, TCR 3.7) 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Dakota Fence Company - Fargo
Dakota Fence Company - Fargo (169 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Dakota Fence Company - Fargo has more employees than the Fence installation (except electronic co 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 3.9 3.4 7 0 0
2023 3.9 2.2 7 0 0
2022 5.1 2.1 12 0 0
2021 4.5 1.5 9 0 0
2020 5.7 1.9 9 0 0
2018 1.9 1.9 2 0 0
2017 2.0 2.0 2 0 0
2016 2.7 1.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238990 · ND · Fargo

1,634 Fence installation (except electronic containment fencing for pets) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota with headcount on file · 415 employers in Fargo, ND · 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 Cardinal International Grooving and Grinding LLC 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR TNT Crane & Rigging - Edinburg Branch 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Industrial Fence, Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Beynon Sports 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Marvin Modern - Fargo 169 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fargo Elim Care Center 169 FTE
STATE-SIZE JMAC Resources 168 FTE
STATE-SIZE Woodcraft Industries Wahpeton 168 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,Fargo-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 2,963 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,FARGO - North Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 2,722 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,FARGO - Fargo Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 2,568 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,Fargo-Broadway Hospital-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 2,547 FTE
NAT-TCR Foodland 108 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR French Broad Electric Membership Corporation - Burnsville District 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Burlington 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Headquarters - CPI Radant Technologies Division Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Munson Williams Proctor Institute 169 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mt. Clements Service center 169 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mur-Ci Homes, Inc. 169 FTE
NAT-SIZE Charlotte, NC 169 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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