Machine shops · South Dakota
Demmer Investments IV, Inc. dba Quality Tool (SD)
Brookings, SD · ~91 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Demmer Investments IV, Inc. dba Quality Tool (SD) runs at 178% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade D.
Demmer Investments IV, Inc. dba Quality Tool (SD): 5.9 TCR = 178% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Demmer Investments IV, Inc. dba Quality Tool (SD) safety composite
Demmer Investments IV, Inc. dba Quality Tool (SD) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).
24/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.88 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.81 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Demmer Investments IV, Inc. dba Quality Tool (SD): 2.3 → 8.8 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 8.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.5× in 2024
Demmer Investments IV, Inc. dba Quality Tool (SD)'s TCR rose 6.5 from 2.3 in 2017 to 8.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332710 · Brookings, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 178% of ind
- DART 8.8 DART
- RANK #3/6
- PHOTO Plant 1
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 34 inj
- SIZE ~91 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Plant 1 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Demmer Investments IV, Inc. dba Quality Tool (SD) in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Demmer Investments IV, Inc. dba Quality Tool (SD)
5.9 TCR
- Plant 1
Plant 1
5.9 TCR
- Anderson Autom
Anderson Automatics, INC
5.9 TCR
- NMP, Inc (dba:
NMP, Inc (dba: Nowak Machined Products)
5.9 TCR
- Velocity Machi
Velocity Machine Inc
5.9 TCR
What this shows Demmer Investments IV, Inc. dba Quality Tool (SD) averages 5.9 TCR (178% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).
Demmer Investments IV, Inc. dba Quality Tool (SD) TCR series: 2017=2.3 · 2018=5.3 · 2019=8.9 · 2020=3.7 · 2022=6.5 · 2023=5.6 · 2024=8.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Demmer Investments IV, Inc. dba Quality Tool (SD) falls in its industry
1,821 Machine shops establishmentsSafer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 Machine shops employers in South Dakota.
Demmer Investments IV, Inc. dba Quality Tool (SD) has more employees than the Machine shops median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.6 | 1.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.9 | 4.0 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332710 · SD · Brookings
1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 59 employers in Brookings, 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 | Plant 1 | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Anderson Automatics, INC | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NMP, Inc (dba: Nowak Machined Products) | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Velocity Machine Inc | 5.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Benchmark Foam Inc | 91 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Curt 141 | 91 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FAREWAY STORES, INC. 164 SIOUX FALLS | 91 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 3031-Novak Sanitary Service | 91 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SD01-DAKT-SOUTH DAKOTA BROOKINGS | 1,406 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Brookings | 1,154 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1538 | 379 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Larson Mfg. LLC | 378 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Atlanta East Suwanee | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Vortex Industries - SAC | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | JEFFERSON | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Community Education | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Yuba County Water Agency | 91 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rhinestahl CTS | 91 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Giant Eagle #0069 | 91 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Charles E. Thomas Company | 91 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.