Fire sprinkler system installation · North Dakota

Dakota Fire Protection Inc.

Name: Dakota Fire Protection Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Grand Forks, ND · ~26 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.5
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Dakota Fire Protection Inc. runs at 162% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fire sprinkler system installation workplace, earning a grade D.

Dakota Fire Protection Inc.: 4.5 TCR = 162% of Fire sprinkler system installation BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dakota Fire Protection Inc. safety composite

Dakota Fire Protection Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

TCR Δ

−9.1

2017→2018

Dakota Fire Protection Inc. injury rate improved

Dakota Fire Protection Inc.'s TCR fell 9.1 from 9.1 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.1 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Grand Forks, ND ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 162% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #15/36
PHOTO R.E.C. Industries, I…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: R.E.C. Industries, Inc. San Antonio (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Dakota Fire Protection Inc. averages 4.5 TCR (162% of the Fire sprinkler system installation BLS benchmark).

Dakota Fire Protection Inc. TCR series: 2017=9.1 · 2018=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Dakota Fire Protection Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Fire sprinkler system installa establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 36 Fire sprinkler system installa employers in North Dakota.

Dakota Fire Protection Inc. (26 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Dakota Fire Protection Inc. has fewer employees than the Fire sprinkler system installation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2017	9.1	0.0	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · ND · Grand Forks

5,793 Fire sprinkler system installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota with headcount on file · 175 employers in Grand Forks, ND · 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	R.E.C. Industries, Inc. San Antonio	SAN ANTONIO, TX	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hunter-Davisson, Inc.	PORTLAND, OR	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Boyce Comfort Systems, Inc.	NEWARK, DE	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ROBIC REFRIGERATION INC	TURLOCK, CA	4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Fargo Processing	FARGO	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Crosby Field	AMBROSE	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Basin Safety	WILLISTON	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Consolidated Construction Co., Inc. ND	BISMARCK	26 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Altru Health System Med Park	Grand Forks	2,709 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LM Wind Power	Grand Forks	907 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LM Wind Power : Grand Forks	Grand Forks	614 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Valley Eldercare Center	Grand Forks	606 FTE
NAT-TCR	RLS	Colorado Springs, CO	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Russo and Sons, LLC	Ocoee, FL	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	NAPA Denver - Main Store	Denver, CO	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lebanon Folding	Lebanon, TN	4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Knob Noster Pullets	Knob Noster, MO	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Van Horn Budget Auto	Plymouth, WI	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Stablewood - Resort	Hunt, TX	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	TLA Hospitality, LLC	Massena, NY	26 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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