Buildings, prefabricated, wood, manufacturing · South Dakota

Builders Choice, LLC

Name: Builders Choice, LLC Workplace Safety Data
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Vermillion, SD · ~56 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Builders Choice, LLC runs at 299% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Buildings, prefabricated, wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Builders Choice, LLC: 9.9 TCR = 299% of Buildings, prefabricated, wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Builders Choice, LLC safety composite

Builders Choice, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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).

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers
DART rate: C 2.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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

−3.0

2016→2017

Builders Choice, LLC injury rate improved

Builders Choice, LLC's TCR fell 3.0 from 11.4 in 2016 to 8.4 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.4 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.4 · 2017=8.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321992 · Vermillion, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.9 · 299% of ind

DART 2.8 DART
RANK #6/7
PHOTO SG ECHO - Biglots
BOOK 2y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SG ECHO - Biglots (0.0 TCR gap)

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9.9
SG ECHO - Bigl

9.9
Wick Buildings

9.9
Enercept

9.7
PLANT 1

9.5

What this shows Builders Choice, LLC averages 9.9 TCR (299% of the Buildings, prefabricated, wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Builders Choice, LLC TCR series: 2016=11.4 · 2017=8.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Builders Choice, LLC falls in its industry

177 Buildings, prefabricated, wood establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.7.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Buildings, prefabricated, wood employers in South Dakota.

Builders Choice, LLC (56 employees, TCR 9.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 7.7

Builders Choice, LLC has more employees than the Buildings, prefabricated, wood, manufact median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.7. 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
2017	8.4	2.8	3	0	0
2016	11.4	3.8	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321992 · SD · Vermillion

177 Buildings, prefabricated, wood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 24 employers in Vermillion, SD · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	SG ECHO - Biglots	DURANT, OK	9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Wick Buildings Inc	MAZOMANIE, WI	9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Enercept	WATERTOWN, SD	9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PLANT 1	MIDDLEBURG, PA	9.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Steck Wholesale Foods, Inc.	NORTH SIOUX CITY	56 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Aberdeen Energy, LLC	MINA	56 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Paylessfoods	MOBRIDGE	56 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Runnings of Brookings	BROOKINGS	56 FTE
CITY-NEAR	4021-500187100	Vermillion	242 FTE
CITY-NEAR	500187100 - UNIV. OF SOUTH DAKOTA	Vermillion	234 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 3734	Vermillion	228 FTE
CITY-NEAR	3734	Vermillion	209 FTE
NAT-TCR	Stablewood - Resort	Hunt, TX	9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Harmony Hall Nursing and Rehab	Kinston, NC	9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Harmony Hall Nursing and Rehabilitation	Kinston, NC	9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Okemo Mountain Resort	Ludlow, VT	9.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Maryland Parkway	Las Vegas, NV	56 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ADS Buena Vista	Buena Vista, VA	56 FTE
NAT-SIZE	44974 - Carolina Service Center	Charlotte, NC	56 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ross store 1799	Woodbridge, VA	56 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.