Bottles, plastics, manufacturing · South Dakota

49 RCT Belle Fourche

Belle Fourche, SD · ~22 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

49 RCT Belle Fourche runs at 144% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bottles, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

49 RCT Belle Fourche: 4.8 TCR = 144% of Bottles, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

49 RCT Belle Fourche safety composite

49 RCT Belle Fourche scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−9.8

2016→2021

49 RCT Belle Fourche injury rate improved

49 RCT Belle Fourche's TCR fell 9.8 from 9.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.8 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=9.3 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326160 · Belle Fourche, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 144% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P17
  • PHOTO N.E.W. Plastics Corp…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: N.E.W. Plastics Corp - Fulcrum (0.0 TCR gap)

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49 RCT Belle Fourche in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 49 RCT Belle Fourche averages 4.8 TCR (144% of the Bottles, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

49 RCT Belle Fourche TCR series: 2016=9.8 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=9.3 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where 49 RCT Belle Fourche falls in its industry

411 Bottles, plastics, manufacturi establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
49 RCT Belle Fourche (22 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 49 RCT Belle Fourche
49 RCT Belle Fourche (22 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 2.0

49 RCT Belle Fourche has fewer employees than the Bottles, plastics, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.9 4.9 1 0 0
2019 9.3 9.3 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.5 2.3 2 0 0
2016 9.8 4.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326160 · SD · Belle Fourche

411 Bottles, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 13 employers in Belle Fourche, 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 N.E.W. Plastics Corp - Fulcrum 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Drug Plastics and Glass Co., Inc. - Boyertown, PA 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Drug Plastics and Glass Co., Inc. - Valley City, ND 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dana Plastic Container Corporation 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jackrabbit Family Farms, LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nelson Engineering Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iron Horse Excavating, Inc 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rapid City Office 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Belle Fourche Healthcare Community 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR Albany Farms 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR Belle South 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR CBH Feed and Ag 55 FTE
NAT-TCR National Power Rodding Corp. (IL) 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Wishek Hospital Clinic Association 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR SYGMA Oklahoma 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lithia Ford Lincoln of Grand Forks 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Marshall, VA 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE MSI-Chesapeake 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wissota Trucking 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ouellette Plumbing & Heating Corporation 22 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.