Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing · South Dakota

4080 - Dakota Panel Plant

Rapid City, SD · ~67 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

4080 - Dakota Panel Plant runs at 327% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

4080 - Dakota Panel Plant: 10.8 TCR = 327% of Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

4080 - Dakota Panel Plant safety composite

4080 - Dakota Panel Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

−28.8

2018→2024

4080 - Dakota Panel Plant injury rate improved

4080 - Dakota Panel Plant's TCR fell 28.8 from 36.9 in 2018 to 8.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 36.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=36.9 · 2019=10.2 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=6.3 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=6.2 · 2024=8.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321212 · Rapid City, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.8 · 327% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK P6
  • PHOTO Rainier Veneer
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 44 inj
  • SIZE ~67 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rainier Veneer (1.0 TCR gap)

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4080 - Dakota Panel Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 4080 - Dakota Panel Plant averages 10.8 TCR (327% of the Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

4080 - Dakota Panel Plant TCR series: 2018=36.9 · 2019=10.2 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=6.3 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=6.2 · 2024=8.1 · BLS 3.3

Where 4080 - Dakota Panel Plant falls in its industry

68 Softwood Veneer and Plywood Ma establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
4080 - Dakota Panel Plant (67 employees, TCR 10.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 238 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 0200400600800 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate 4080 - Dakota Panel Plant
4080 - Dakota Panel Plant (67 employees, TCR 10.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 238 employees and a TCR of 3.1

4080 - Dakota Panel Plant has fewer employees than the Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 8.1 3.2 5 0 0
2023 6.2 1.5 4 0 0
2022 4.6 4.6 3 0 0
2021 6.3 1.6 4 0 0
2020 3.1 0.0 2 0 0
2019 10.2 3.4 6 0 0
2018 36.9 12.9 20 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321212 · SD · Rapid City

68 Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 219 employers in Rapid City, SD · 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 Rainier Veneer 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lyons 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Truss Plant 12.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 840 12.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lee Earley, Inc dba LEi 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4083 - Dakota Panel Pick & Assembly 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Poet Biorefining- Chancellor 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Plains Ethanol. LLC d.b.a Poet Biorefining- Chancellor 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rapid City Hospital 2,320 FTE
CITY-NEAR Black Hills Works 683 FTE
CITY-NEAR Black Hills Corp. Headquarters (SD006) 590 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1604 513 FTE
NAT-TCR Eco Thrift Store - 151pomo 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Summit Bodyworks 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Abeka Print Shop 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR LFUCG - Water Quality - West Hickman Water Treatment Plant 10.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Shelby - CR 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ona Wv 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Woodlands of Hamilton 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Let's Talk Logistics 67 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. 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.