Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing · South Dakota
Custom Fabricators, Inc.
Watertown, SD · ~104 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 16.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Custom Fabricators, Inc. runs at 488% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 16.1
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 65
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Custom Fabricators, Inc.'s OSHA Total Case Rate of 16.1 to the Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (488% of benchmark) across 4 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Custom Fabricators, Inc.'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Custom Fabricators, Inc. falls in its industry
470 Plate work (e.g., bending, cut establishmentsSafer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.
Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Plate work (e.g., bending, cut employers in South Dakota.
Trend analysis for Custom Fabricators, Inc.
Between 2019 and 2024, Custom Fabricators, Inc.'s Total Case Rate worsened from 12.4 to 24.6 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 98% increase across 5 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2023, at a TCR of 10.6, while 2024 saw the highest rate, at 24.6, a spread of 14.0 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 4 reporting years, Custom Fabricators, Inc. recorded 65 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 4-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 65 injuries shown on this page for Custom Fabricators, Inc. are sourced from its own 4 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 332313 - Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
5 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 211,404 hours worked = 4.73 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Custom Fabricators, Inc. (this establishment) | 16.11 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 4-year avg |
| Fabricated plate work manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 332313 |
| South Dakota state avg (all industries) | 5.84 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Custom Fabricators, Inc. to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 26 reportable incidents · 26 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 12 reportable incidents · 12 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 16 reportable incidents · 16 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 11 reportable incidents · 11 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24.6 | 4.7 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10.6 | 4.4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 16.8 | 3.2 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 12.4 | 5.6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Custom Fabricators, Inc.'s reported OSHA injury record versus its Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 488% of the Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing benchmark, Custom Fabricators, Inc. reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.