Erecting structural steel · Florida

Gardner-Watson Decking, Inc.

Name: Gardner-Watson Decking, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Oldsmar, FL · ~87 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 1
Fatality

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The verdict

Gardner-Watson Decking, Inc. runs at 80% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Erecting structural steel workplace, earning a grade C.

Gardner-Watson Decking, Inc.: 2.3 TCR = 80% of Erecting structural steel BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gardner-Watson Decking, Inc. safety composite

Gardner-Watson Decking, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 3%), 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).

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers
Fatalities: F 1

Safer than 3% 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

Gardner-Watson Decking, Inc.: 2.1 → 3.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 3.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.57× in 2021

Gardner-Watson Decking, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.4 from 2.1 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Oldsmar, FL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.3 · 80% of ind

DART 3.5 DART
RANK #13/36
PHOTO CMC Placing Hawaii
BOOK 4y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~87 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CMC Placing Hawaii (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.3
CMC Placing Ha

2.3
Alliance Indus

2.3
Newton Welding

2.3
The McIntyre C

2.3

What this shows Gardner-Watson Decking, Inc. averages 2.3 TCR (80% of the Erecting structural steel BLS benchmark).

Gardner-Watson Decking, Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=1.9 · 2019=1.6 · 2021=3.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Gardner-Watson Decking, Inc. falls in its industry

705 Erecting structural steel establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 36 Erecting structural steel employers in Florida.

Gardner-Watson Decking, Inc. (87 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Gardner-Watson Decking, Inc. has more employees than the Erecting structural steel median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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	Fatalities
2021	3.5	3.5	6	0
2019	1.6	0.8	2	0
2017	1.9	1.9	2	0
2016	2.1	1.0	2	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · FL · Oldsmar

705 Erecting structural steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 66 employers in Oldsmar, FL · 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	CMC Placing Hawaii	KAPOLEI, HI	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Alliance Industrial Group, Inc	RIDGEFIELD, WA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Newton Welding and Erection Inc	MC EWEN, TN	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	The McIntyre Company	ONTARIO, CA	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Potato PH	IMMOKALEE	87 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Columbia Care Florida LLC.-Arcadia	ARCADIA	87 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Unlimited Contract Services Lake City	LAKE CITY	87 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Crystal River Nuclear Plant	CRYSTAL RIVER	87 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6354-FL20	Oldsmar	1,917 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lockheed Martin Corporation US FL Clearwater Tampa Rd (1376)	Oldsmar	750 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lockheed Martin Corporation Oldsmar Campus (1376)	Oldsmar	599 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2796	Oldsmar	382 FTE
NAT-TCR	WTPS - Industry	Industry, PA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	New Kingstown Terminal - DOT	Mechanicsburg, PA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	225 Fencl	Hillside, IL	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Klemm Tank Lines 53010 Green Bay	Green Bay, WI	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	SPAR FDM Field Administration	Red Bank, NJ	87 FTE
NAT-SIZE	4818-ILSF	Springfield, IL	87 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Jabil Packaging Solutions	Mt. Pleasant, IA	87 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sodexo at Westminster College (Pa)	New Wilmington, PA	87 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: 2021, 2019, 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.