Insulation contractors · Texas

Garland Insulating - Houston

Houston, TX · ~76 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Garland Insulating - Houston runs at 287% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Insulation contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Garland Insulating - Houston: 8.0 TCR = 287% of Insulation contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Garland Insulating - Houston safety composite

Garland Insulating - Houston scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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%).

Garland Insulating - Houston held a steady TCR band

Garland Insulating - Houston's TCR held near 0.2 from 5.9 in 2017 to 6.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.9 · 2018=12.0 · 2019=6.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 287% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #134/144
  • PHOTO Apex Construction Gr…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Apex Construction Group, Inc. - Nevada (0.0 TCR gap)

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Garland Insulating - Houston in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Garland Insulating - Houston averages 8.0 TCR (287% of the Insulation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Garland Insulating - Houston TCR series: 2017=5.9 · 2018=12 · 2019=6.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Garland Insulating - Houston falls in its industry

1,613 Insulation contractors establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #134 safest of 144 Insulation contractors employers in Texas.

Garland Insulating - Houston (76 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Garland Insulating - Houston
Garland Insulating - Houston (76 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Garland Insulating - Houston has more 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2019 6.2 6.2 5 0 0
2018 12.0 12.0 8 0 0
2017 5.9 4.4 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · TX · Houston

1,613 Insulation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, 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 Apex Construction Group, Inc. - Nevada 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR GTA Drywall, Inc. 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 748 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Builders Installed Products #340 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE TX-NSF-TEXAS 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Birdsong Peanuts 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1550 TECH CENTRE PKWY ARLINGTON TX 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-State Ventures, LLC dba Carefree Homes 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH IAH 11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-IAH 9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center 8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0005 0920 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Thor Motor Coach/Plant 250 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Abs 0028 1157 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR MN,WORTHINGTON - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stericycle Environmental Solutions - Rancho Cordova,CA 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Insulation Contractor 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE sumter iga pinewood 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Louisburg Nursing Center, Inc. 76 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.