Drywall contractors · Texas

MAREK Austin

Buda, TX · ~116 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

MAREK Austin runs at 171% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Drywall contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

MAREK Austin: 4.8 TCR = 171% of Drywall contractors BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MAREK Austin safety composite

MAREK Austin scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

MAREK Austin: 3.3 → 5.5 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 10.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.51× in 2024

MAREK Austin's TCR rose 2.2 from 3.3 in 2016 to 5.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 10.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238310 · Buda, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 171% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #106/144
  • PHOTO GL
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 54 inj
  • SIZE ~116 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GL (0.0 TCR gap)

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MAREK Austin in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows MAREK Austin averages 4.8 TCR (171% of the Drywall contractors BLS benchmark).

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

MAREK Austin TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=10.4 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=5.5 · BLS 2.8

Where MAREK Austin falls in its industry

1,613 Drywall contractors establishments

Safer than 35% 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 #106 safest of 144 Drywall contractors employers in Texas.

MAREK Austin (116 employees, TCR 4.8) 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 MAREK Austin
MAREK Austin (116 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

MAREK Austin has more employees than the Drywall 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
2024 5.5 2.4 9 0 0
2023 5.7 5.7 7 0 0
2022 4.3 4.3 7 0 0
2021 4.6 4.6 8 0 0
2020 10.4 8.7 12 0 0
2019 3.3 3.3 3 0 0
2018 2.3 2.3 2 0 0
2017 3.6 3.6 3 0 0
2016 3.3 2.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · TX · Buda

1,613 Drywall contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 55 employers in Buda, 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 GL 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR DH Smith Company 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Ceiling Corp 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR #115 Alpha Insulation & Waterproofing 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 103173 - GE-USLNG Trains-1-5 Pad Assembly 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bandera Electric Cooperative 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE NACOGDOCHES 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Houston Non-GBU Office 116 FTE
CITY-NEAR TDS Austin 698 FTE
CITY-NEAR CAPITAL EXCAVATION COMPANY 458 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4219 308 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - DAU5 300 FTE
NAT-TCR Harrisburg NC Truss 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR The Sanctuary of the Ohio Valley 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Clair Nursing Center 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Eversource - Walpole 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Schaumburg 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE New Mercer Commons 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Green Bay Packaging Inc. Tulsa Division 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Strawser Construction Inc. Construction Shop 116 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.