Pipe fabricating (i.e., bending, cutting, threading) made from purchased metal pipe · South Dakota
Dakota Tube- Airport Drive location
Watertown, SD · ~167 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Dakota Tube- Airport Drive location runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pipe fabricating (i.e., bending, cutting, threading) made from purchased metal pipe workplace, earning a grade B.
Dakota Tube- Airport Drive location: 2.5 TCR = 77% of Pipe fabricating (i.e., bending, cutting, threading) made from purchased metal pipe BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Dakota Tube- Airport Drive location safety composite
Dakota Tube- Airport Drive location scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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).
54/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.54 per 100 workers
Safer than 61% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.4 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% 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%).
Dakota Tube- Airport Drive location held a steady TCR band
Dakota Tube- Airport Drive location's TCR held near 0.3 from 3.1 in 2019 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=3.1 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=2.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332996 · Watertown, SD AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 77% of ind
- DART 1.4 DART
- RANK P61
- PHOTO ALLOY PIPING PRODUCT…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 21 inj
- SIZE ~167 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: ALLOY PIPING PRODUCTS - 641 APP SHREVEPORT (0.0 TCR gap)
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Dakota Tube- Airport Drive location in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Hoyt, Brumm &
Hoyt, Brumm & Link
2.6 TCR
- This site
Dakota Tube- Airport Drive location
2.5 TCR
- ALLOY PIPING P
ALLOY PIPING PRODUCTS - 641 APP SHREVEPORT
2.5 TCR
- Viking Fabrica
Viking Fabrication - Hayward
2.5 TCR
- Elkhart Produc
Elkhart Products Corporation
2.5 TCR
What this shows Dakota Tube- Airport Drive location averages 2.5 TCR (77% of the Pipe fabricating (i.e., bending, cutting, threading) made from purchased metal pipe BLS benchmark).
Dakota Tube- Airport Drive location TCR series: 2019=3.1 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Dakota Tube- Airport Drive location falls in its industry
337 Pipe fabricating (i.e., bendin establishmentsSafer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Dakota Tube- Airport Drive location has more employees than the Pipe fabricating (i.e., bending, cutting median and a lower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332996 · SD · Watertown
337 Pipe fabricating (i.e., bending, cutting, threading) made from purchased metal pipe 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 | ALLOY PIPING PRODUCTS - 641 APP SHREVEPORT | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Viking Fabrication - Hayward | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hoyt, Brumm & Link | 2.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Elkhart Products Corporation | 2.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Wilson Trailer Comapany Plant 7 | 167 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tessier's Inc | 168 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sioux Falls | 166 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WATERTOWN SD - 3097 | 166 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 | C.W. Roberts Contracting Plant City Division | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fort Smith AR FXFE-FSM | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 223 - Asheville | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 495 - White Oak | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Solon OH | 167 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | B48 | 167 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Transportation | 167 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Blaisdell YMCA | 167 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.