Woodworking machines (except handheld) manufacturing · South Dakota

Dakota Automation

Name: Dakota Automation Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Watertown, SD · ~38 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Dakota Automation runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Woodworking machines (except handheld) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Dakota Automation: 1.5 TCR = 46% of Woodworking machines (except handheld) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dakota Automation safety composite

Dakota Automation scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

Dakota Automation: 0.0 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 3.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023

Dakota Automation's TCR rose 3.0 from 0.0 in 2020 to 3.0 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333243 · Watertown, SD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 46% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK P82
PHOTO Paper Converting Mac…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Paper Converting Machine Company- Lombardi (0.0 TCR gap)

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Peerless Machi

1.6
This site

1.5
Paper Converti

1.5
Voith Paper Pr

1.5
Alabama Timber

1.4

What this shows Dakota Automation averages 1.5 TCR (46% of the Woodworking machines (except handheld) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Dakota Automation TCR series: 2020=0 · 2023=3 · BLS 3.3

Where Dakota Automation falls in its industry

137 Woodworking machines (except h establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Dakota Automation (38 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Dakota Automation has fewer employees than the Woodworking machines (except handheld) m median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2023	3.0	0.0	1	0	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333243 · SD · Watertown

137 Woodworking machines (except handheld) 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Paper Converting Machine Company- Lombardi	GREEN BAY, WI	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Voith Paper Products and Service	APPLETON, WI	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Alabama Timber Industries, Inc.	THOMASVILLE, AL	1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Peerless Machine & Tool Corporation	MARION, IN	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Rapid City Branch Office	RAPID CITY	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Huff Construction Inc	ABERDEEN	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Halme, Inc.	BRYANT	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	T&R Contracting Inc	SIOUX FALLS	38 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Prairie Lakes Healthcare System	Watertown	611 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Prairie Lakes Healthcare	Watertown	601 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Terex - Watertown	Watertown	598 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1500	Watertown	352 FTE
NAT-TCR	GCI General Contractors	San Francisco, CA	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	MD Helicopters LLC	Mesa, AZ	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hostettler Neuhoff & Davis LLC	Nashville, TN	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	21129 Omaha DC	Omaha, NE	1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Environmental Business Specialists LLC	Mandeville, LA	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Maxwell's Backhoe Inc DBA MBI Excavation	Pomona, CA	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Accurate Forming LLC	Hamburg, NJ	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Doug Gross Construction Inc.	Painted Post, NY	38 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: 2023, 2020. 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.