Plumbers · Texas

D&R Custom Welding and Construction, Inc.

Fredericksburg, TX · ~42 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

D&R Custom Welding and Construction, Inc. runs at 257% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plumbers workplace, earning a grade F.

D&R Custom Welding and Construction, Inc.: 7.2 TCR = 257% of Plumbers BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

D&R Custom Welding and Construction, Inc. safety composite

D&R Custom Welding and Construction, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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 7.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

D&R Custom Welding and Construction, Inc.: 0.0 → 2.5 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 11.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.35× in 2024

D&R Custom Welding and Construction, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.5 from 0.0 in 2017 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Fredericksburg, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 257% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #355/408
  • PHOTO Tucson Plumbing and …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tucson Plumbing and Heating Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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D&R Custom Welding and Construction, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows D&R Custom Welding and Construction, Inc. averages 7.2 TCR (257% of the Plumbers BLS benchmark).

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

D&R Custom Welding and Construction, Inc. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=11.4 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=9.8 · 2021=9.8 · 2022=9.3 · 2023=9.7 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 2.8

Where D&R Custom Welding and Construction, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbers establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #355 safest of 408 Plumbers employers in Texas.

D&R Custom Welding and Construction, Inc. (42 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 D&R Custom Welding and Construction, Inc.
D&R Custom Welding and Construction, Inc. (42 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

D&R Custom Welding and Construction, Inc. has fewer employees than the Plumbers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2023 9.7 9.7 4 0 0
2022 9.3 9.3 2 2 0
2021 9.8 9.8 2 2 0
2020 9.8 2.5 4 0 0
2019 5.1 2.5 2 0 0
2018 11.4 0.0 4 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · TX · Fredericksburg

5,793 Plumbers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 27 employers in Fredericksburg, TX · 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 Tucson Plumbing and Heating Inc. 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SMJK,LLC D/B/A Carolina Air 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR BRISTER STEPHENS INC. ( MANDEVILLE ) 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR CLC Denver 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Headquarters Southeast 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Littlefield Feedyard 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE TEXAS BEEF PRODUCERS 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3-H Dairy LLC 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Methodist Hospital Hill Country 280 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1154 207 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1154 178 FTE
CITY-NEAR Evergreen 156 FTE
NAT-TCR Pomp's Tire - Oshkosh OEM 057 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Jons #02 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Pro-Tec Division 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hope Day Care 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE BGI Interiors 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE AHL Paramount 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sea Island Produce Inc. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boston 080 42 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.