Employer
Dependable Fence & Welding INC
Safety Grade
F
Avg TCR
12.1
per 100 workers
Inspections
3
years on record
Artificial turf installation · Texas
2026 data Public-data reference. official source

Dependable Fence & Welding INC

Open-data reference.

VON ORMY, TX | Artificial turf installation

~18 avg employees | 3 years of OSHA data

F
Failing Safety Record
Avg TCR
12.1
per 100 workers/yr
Industry Avg TCR
2.8
BLS benchmark
Total Injuries
4
across all years
Fatalities
0
across all years

Dependable Fence & Welding INC has an average TCR of 12.1, which is 431% of the industry average (2.8) for Artificial turf installation. This is significantly worse than average.

Safety Insights for Dependable Fence & Welding INC

Dependable Fence & Welding INC operates an establishment with approximately 18 full-time equivalent workers in VON ORMY, TX, classified under the Artificial turf installation industry (NAICS 238990). Across 3 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 4 recordable injuries, 0 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 12.1 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the F letter grade (Failing Safety Record).

Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 2.8 for Artificial turf installation, Dependable Fence & Welding INC's workforce experiences 431% 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 3 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Dependable Fence & Welding INC 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 Dependable Fence & Welding INC'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.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 238990 — Artificial turf installation.

DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2019)

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.

4 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 22,109 hours worked = 36.18 DART

Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping

Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State

Benchmark TCR Source
Dependable Fence & Welding INC (this establishment) 12.06 OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg
Fence installation (except electronic containment fencing for pets) industry avg 2.80 BLS IIF, NAICS 238990
Texas state avg (all industries) 11.19 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 Dependable Fence & Welding INC 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.

Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2019 36.2 36.2 4 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Dependable Fence & Welding INC's safety grade?
Dependable Fence & Welding INC has a safety grade of F (Failing Safety Record). This grade is based on their average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 12.1 compared to the BLS industry benchmark of 2.8 for Artificial turf installation.
How is the safety grade calculated?
Safety grades are calculated by comparing an employer's average Total Case Rate (TCR) — the number of workplace injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers per year — against the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) industry benchmark. Grade A means significantly below average injury rates; grade F means significantly above average.
How many injuries has Dependable Fence & Welding INC reported?
Dependable Fence & Welding INC has reported 4 total injuries and 0 fatalities across 3 years of OSHA data (2019, 2018, 2017). This data comes from mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reports.
Where does PlainSafetyScore get its data?
All safety data comes from OSHA's Injury Tracking Application (ITA), which collects mandatory establishment-level injury and illness reports from employers with 250+ employees or those in high-hazard industries. Industry benchmarks are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program.

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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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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