Architectural wall panels, precast concrete, manufacturing · California

James Hardie Building Products- Fontana

Name: James Hardie Building Products- Fontana Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Fontana, CA · ~127 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

James Hardie Building Products- Fontana runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Architectural wall panels, precast concrete, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

James Hardie Building Products- Fontana: 2.3 TCR = 70% of Architectural wall panels, precast concrete, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

James Hardie Building Products- Fontana safety composite

James Hardie Building Products- Fontana scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 77% 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).

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

James Hardie Building Products- Fontana: 1.7 → 2.7 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 2.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.6× in 2019

James Hardie Building Products- Fontana's TCR rose 1.0 from 1.7 in 2017 to 2.7 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327390 · Fontana, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 70% of ind

DART 1.4 DART
RANK #25/53
PHOTO Westmont - CPL
BOOK 3y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~127 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Westmont - CPL (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.3
Westmont - CPL

2.3
TH Campus

2.3
Westlake Royal

2.3
Oldcastle OPI

2.3

What this shows James Hardie Building Products- Fontana averages 2.3 TCR (70% of the Architectural wall panels, precast concrete, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

James Hardie Building Products- Fontana TCR series: 2017=1.7 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=2.7 · BLS 3.3

Where James Hardie Building Products- Fontana falls in its industry

790 Architectural wall panels, pre establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 53 Architectural wall panels, pre employers in California.

James Hardie Building Products- Fontana (127 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.6

James Hardie Building Products- Fontana has more employees than the Architectural wall panels, precast concr median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2019	2.7	1.4	1	1
2018	2.4	1.8	4	0
2017	1.7	1.7	4	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327390 · CA · Fontana

790 Architectural wall panels, precast concrete, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 363 employers in Fontana, CA · 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	Westmont - CPL	WESTMONT, IL	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	TH Campus	TERRE HILL, PA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Westlake Royal Roofing - Rialto	RIALTO, CA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Oldcastle OPI - Easton	EASTON, PA	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Christensen & Giannini LLC 1588 Moffett St., Ste B	SALINAS	127 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hokto Kinoko Company	SAN MARCOS	127 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Booth Ranches LLC - BR2	ORANGE COVE	127 FTE
STATE-SIZE	3019_5835	HUGHSON	127 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : LAX9	Fontana	2,844 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - LAX9	Fontana	2,645 FTE
CITY-NEAR	08880314 FONTANA MEDICAL CENTER	Fontana	2,635 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2032-08180314	Fontana	2,236 FTE
NAT-TCR	Brick CCIT	Brick, NJ	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Yarde Metals, Inc.: Connecticut	Southington, CT	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Special Metals Welding Production Company	Newton, NC	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	General Government	Scottsdale, AZ	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Sharon SNF CT LLC	Sharon, CT	127 FTE
NAT-SIZE	City of Gulfport, Ms.	Gulfport, MS	127 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Precor NC	Whitsett, NC	127 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Killeen Tx	Killeen, TX	127 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.