Cartons, folding (except milk), made from purchased paperboard · South Dakota

Bell Incorporated

Sioux Falls, SD · ~113 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bell Incorporated runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Cartons, folding (except milk), made from purchased paperboard workplace, earning a grade A.

Bell Incorporated: 1.2 TCR = 36% of Cartons, folding (except milk), made from purchased paperboard BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bell Incorporated safety composite

Bell Incorporated scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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%).

Bell Incorporated held a steady TCR band

Bell Incorporated's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.1 in 2017 to 1.3 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.1 · 2019=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322212 · Sioux Falls, SD AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 36% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO Staunton VA
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~113 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Staunton VA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bell Incorporated in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bell Incorporated averages 1.2 TCR (36% of the Cartons, folding (except milk), made from purchased paperboard BLS benchmark).

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

Bell Incorporated TCR series: 2017=1.1 · 2019=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Bell Incorporated falls in its industry

205 Cartons, folding (except milk) establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Cartons, folding (except milk) employers in South Dakota.

Bell Incorporated (113 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Bell Incorporated
Bell Incorporated (113 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Bell Incorporated has fewer employees than the Cartons, folding (except milk), made fro median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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
2019 1.3 0.9 3 0 0
2017 1.1 0.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322212 · SD · Sioux Falls

205 Cartons, folding (except milk), made from purchased paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 542 employers in Sioux Falls, 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 Staunton VA 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6503 Chicago IL Manufacturing 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gordonsville TN 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kenton OH 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE CURT Group - Brandon 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE County Fair Food Store - Mitchell 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0859 - Watertown 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE SIOUX FALLS SW CARRIER ANNEX_1382406 114 FTE
CITY-NEAR SD,Sioux Falls-Medical Center Campus-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 6,424 FTE
CITY-NEAR SD,SIOUX FALLS - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 4,818 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield Foods 3,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Avera McKennan Hospital 3,312 FTE
NAT-TCR Safran Electrical & Power 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Administration 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 5472-Nai 0034 2771 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Rogersville - 100 Baldor Drive 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE 169 - Evansville West 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE 182 - Joplin 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6962-Swy 0025 2840 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6962-Swy 0025 2654 113 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.