Artificial turf installation · Texas

Viking Fence Austin

Austin, TX · ~73 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Viking Fence Austin runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Artificial turf installation workplace, earning a grade D.

Viking Fence Austin: 4.5 TCR = 163% of Artificial turf installation BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Viking Fence Austin safety composite

Viking Fence Austin scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.8

2016→2022

Viking Fence Austin injury rate improved

Viking Fence Austin's TCR fell 8.8 from 10.3 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.3 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.3 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238990 · Austin, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 163% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #181/206
  • PHOTO Gold Medal Pools, LLC
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gold Medal Pools, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Viking Fence Austin in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Viking Fence Austin averages 4.5 TCR (163% of the Artificial turf installation BLS benchmark).

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

Viking Fence Austin TCR series: 2016=10.3 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=1.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Viking Fence Austin falls in its industry

1,634 Artificial turf installation establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #181 safest of 206 Artificial turf installation employers in Texas.

Viking Fence Austin (73 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Viking Fence Austin
Viking Fence Austin (73 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Viking Fence Austin has more employees than the Artificial turf installation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2022 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2021 3.2 1.6 2 0 0
2020 1.5 0.0 1 0 0
2019 6.7 2.7 2 3 0
2018 4.2 1.4 3 0 0
2016 10.3 10.3 6 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238990 · TX · Austin

1,634 Artificial turf installation 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Gold Medal Pools, LLC 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR JenesaisQuoi LLC 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southwest 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2425 W. Curtis Rd 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eden Green Technology 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Treesap Farms LLC - Mill Creek 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE T-Rey Properties Inc. 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE CenterPoint Energy - South District Houston 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ensign Services 11,325 FTE
CITY-NEAR NA-US-TX-Austin-Giga Texas 8,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-Loc: CORP LOC - US Austin 6,911 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-CORP LOC - USA UNITED STATES - AST 5,272 FTE
NAT-TCR 5735 - LA Orange 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 2146 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Calhoun Liberty Hospital 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond West Palm Beach 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Atrium at Liberty Park 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elite Ready Mix 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Sheridan at Park Ridge 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE GRR-SAUSA 73 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.