Mechanical contractors · Texas

Fox & Hearn, Inc.

Name: Fox & Hearn, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Austin, TX · ~36 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.1
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Fox & Hearn, Inc. runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Mechanical contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Fox & Hearn, Inc.: 3.1 TCR = 110% of Mechanical contractors BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fox & Hearn, Inc. safety composite

Fox & Hearn, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.5

2016→2023

Fox & Hearn, Inc. injury rate improved

Fox & Hearn, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.5 from 2.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.5 · 2017=9.7 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=6.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 110% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #240/408
PHOTO HAROLD G. BUTZER, INC.
BOOK 8y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HAROLD G. BUTZER, INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rycor HVAC

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JEFFERSON HEAL

3.1

What this shows Fox & Hearn, Inc. averages 3.1 TCR (110% of the Mechanical contractors BLS benchmark).

Fox & Hearn, Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=9.7 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=6.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Fox & Hearn, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Mechanical contractors establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #240 safest of 408 Mechanical contractors employers in Texas.

Fox & Hearn, Inc. (36 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Fox & Hearn, Inc. has fewer employees than the Mechanical contractors median and a lower 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
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0
2021	4.3	4.3	1
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	6.6	6.6	3
2018	1.6	1.6	1
2017	9.7	9.7	4
2016	2.5	2.5	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · TX · Austin

5,793 Mechanical contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 1,645 employers in Austin, TX · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	HAROLD G. BUTZER, INC.	JEFFERSON CITY, MO	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Reliable Ducts Heating and Cooling	JACKSONVILLE, FL	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Rycor HVAC	NEW PALTZ, NY	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	JEFFERSON HEALTH SCP	PHILADELPHIA, PA	3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	FRONTIER FEED YARD	SPEARMAN	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Paco Feedyard	FRIONA	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Coyote Lake Feedyard Inc.	MULESHOE	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Unlimited Contract Services Waelder	WAELDER	36 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ensign Services	Austin	11,325 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NA-US-TX-Austin-Giga Texas	Austin	8,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6017-Loc: CORP LOC - US Austin	Austin	6,911 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6017-CORP LOC - USA UNITED STATES - AST	Austin	5,272 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ffm Mushrooms Inc	San Martn, CA	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Coalescence NHB LLC	Columbus, OH	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Plumbingsupply Group LLC	Chico, CA	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Morral Companies - Caledonia Facility	Caledonia, OH	3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Garrett County Lighthouse Inc	Oakland, MD	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Kaufman & Robinson	Fort Collins, CO	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	BT Bohemia	Bohemia, NY	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	BT Sandy UT	Sandy, UT	36 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, 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.