Insulation contractors · Texas

Garland Insulating - Austin

Name: Garland Insulating - Austin Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Austin, TX · ~48 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.7
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Garland Insulating - Austin runs at 239% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Insulation contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Garland Insulating - Austin: 6.7 TCR = 239% of Insulation contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Garland Insulating - Austin safety composite

Garland Insulating - Austin scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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).

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers
DART rate: F 8.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

Garland Insulating - Austin: 0.0 → 8.7 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 11.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.3× in 2019

Garland Insulating - Austin's TCR rose 8.7 from 0.0 in 2017 to 8.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 1.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238310 · Austin, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 239% of ind

DART 8.7 DART
RANK #126/144
PHOTO 555
BOOK 3y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 555 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Garland Insulating - Austin averages 6.7 TCR (239% of the Insulation contractors BLS benchmark).

Garland Insulating - Austin TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=11.4 · 2019=8.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Garland Insulating - Austin falls in its industry

1,613 Insulation contractors establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #126 safest of 144 Insulation contractors employers in Texas.

Garland Insulating - Austin (48 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Garland Insulating - Austin has fewer employees than the Insulation contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2019	8.7	8.7	4
2018	11.4	11.4	5
2017	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · TX · Austin

1,613 Insulation 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	555	HOUSTON, TX	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Layman Brothers Contracting #854	POWHATAN, VA	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	371	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	USI Southern Foam	CLAXTON, GA	6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	SAN ANTONIO SOD FARM	POTEET	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SUPPORT SERVICES	KINGSVILLE	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WRANGLER FEED YARD	HEREFORD	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kempenaar Dairy LLC	COMO	48 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	162 - Pottstown	Pottstown, PA	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Norwalk Food Store	Norwalk, CT	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Harvest Productions, Inc.	North Kansas City, MO	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Treasure Coast Square	Jensen Beach, FL	6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Chandler Concrete Administration & Dispatch - NC	Burlington, NC	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ross store 482	Plymouth Meeting, PA	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ross store 253	St. Petersburg, FL	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	52nd Avenue Clinic	Fargo, ND	48 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.