Building framing (except structural steel) · Arizona

Desert Structures Inc

Phoenix, AZ · ~164 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Desert Structures Inc runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Building framing (except structural steel) workplace, earning a grade B.

Desert Structures Inc: 2.0 TCR = 72% of Building framing (except structural steel) BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Desert Structures Inc safety composite

Desert Structures Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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

−2.8

2022→2024

Desert Structures Inc injury rate improved

Desert Structures Inc's TCR fell 2.8 from 3.8 in 2022 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.8 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238130 · Phoenix, AZ AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 72% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/25
  • PHOTO Cleary Building - GI…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~164 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cleary Building - GI Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Desert Structures Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Desert Structures Inc averages 2.0 TCR (72% of the Building framing (except structural steel) BLS benchmark).

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

Desert Structures Inc TCR series: 2022=3.8 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=1 · BLS 2.8

Where Desert Structures Inc falls in its industry

387 Building framing (except struc establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 25 Building framing (except struc employers in Arizona.

Desert Structures Inc (164 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Desert Structures Inc
Desert Structures Inc (164 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Desert Structures Inc has more employees than the Building framing (except structural stee median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 1.0 0.0 1 0 0
2023 1.3 0.6 1 1 0
2022 3.8 3.0 5 0 1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238130 · AZ · Phoenix

387 Building framing (except structural steel) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 2,630 employers in Phoenix, AZ · 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 Cleary Building - GI Plant 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR BBG Legacy LLC 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR PAL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Millmark Construction 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE TPI Composites Services 164 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arizona Field 164 FTE
STATE-SIZE Phoenix Peach, LLC - Phoenix 164 FTE
STATE-SIZE RES Main 164 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maricopa County 15,504 FTE
CITY-NEAR Phoenix Children's Hospital 7,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR All Company 6,261 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030500 6,153 FTE
NAT-TCR 8517 Grand Prairie South 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 6957 Bedford Stuyvesant 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 6175 Manhattan West 23rd St 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 4701 Tacoma 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wakemed Raleigh 164 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sheraton Raleigh 164 FTE
NAT-SIZE Provo UT DI 164 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sinbon Oh 164 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. 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.