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.
Custom Fabricators, Inc.: 16.1 TCR = 488% of Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Custom Fabricators, Inc. safety composite
Custom Fabricators, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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).
20/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 16.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.73 per 100 workers
Safer than 18% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Custom Fabricators, Inc.: 12.4 → 24.6 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 24.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.29× in 2024
Custom Fabricators, Inc.'s TCR rose 12.2 from 12.4 in 2019 to 24.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332313 · Watertown, SD ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 16.1 · 488% of ind
- DART 4.7 DART
- RANK #5/5
- PHOTO ADS Manufacturing TN…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 65 inj
- SIZE ~104 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: ADS Manufacturing TN LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Custom Fabricators, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Precision Mach
Precision Machine & Manufacturing
16.8 TCR
- North East Mac
North East Machine & Tool Co.
16.7 TCR
- Motis LLC - Mo
Motis LLC - Motis Manufacturing
16.4 TCR
- This site
Custom Fabricators, Inc.
16.1 TCR
- ADS Manufactur
ADS Manufacturing TN LLC
16.1 TCR
What this shows Custom Fabricators, Inc. averages 16.1 TCR (488% of the Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Custom Fabricators, Inc. TCR series: 2019=12.4 · 2022=16.8 · 2023=10.6 · 2024=24.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Custom Fabricators, Inc. falls in its industry
449 Plate work (e.g., bending, cut establishmentsSafer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
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.
Custom Fabricators, Inc. has more employees than the Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punc median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 | 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 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332313 · SD · Watertown
449 Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 80 employers in Watertown, 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 | ADS Manufacturing TN LLC | 16.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Motis LLC - Motis Manufacturing | 16.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | North East Machine & Tool Co. | 16.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Precision Machine & Manufacturing | 16.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Raeco Builders LLC | 104 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | First Rate Excavate Inc | 104 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 4316 Sioux Falls SD Container | 104 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc-Toner Products Division | 104 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Prairie Lakes Healthcare System | 611 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Prairie Lakes Healthcare | 601 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Terex - Watertown | 598 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1500 | 352 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Belmont Village Cardiff By The Sea | 16.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 2024 - Victorville | 16.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Village of South Elgin - Municipal Annex | 16.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TXC008 | 16.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Elementis SRL | 104 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | International Paper Lincoln Container | 104 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Jasper Newton Electric Cooperative | 104 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | IAC Victorville | 104 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.