Aircraft manufacturing · South Dakota

Ellsworth AFB, SD

Ellsworth Afb, SD · ~28 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ellsworth AFB, SD runs at 242% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Aircraft manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Ellsworth AFB, SD: 8.0 TCR = 242% of Aircraft manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ellsworth AFB, SD safety composite

Ellsworth AFB, 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).

F

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.02 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.9

2017→2018

Ellsworth AFB, SD injury rate improved

Ellsworth AFB, SD's TCR fell 3.9 from 9.9 in 2017 to 6.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.9 · 2018=6.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336411 · Ellsworth Afb, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 242% of ind

  • DART 6.0 DART
  • RANK P4
  • PHOTO Davis Monthan AFB
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Davis Monthan AFB (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ellsworth AFB, SD in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Ellsworth AFB, SD averages 8.0 TCR (242% of the Aircraft manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Ellsworth AFB, SD TCR series: 2017=9.9 · 2018=6 · BLS 3.3

Where Ellsworth AFB, SD falls in its industry

390 Aircraft manufacturing establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Ellsworth AFB, SD (28 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 151 employees and a TCR of 1.7 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Ellsworth AFB, SD
Ellsworth AFB, SD (28 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 151 employees and a TCR of 1.7

Ellsworth AFB, SD has fewer employees than the Aircraft manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.7. 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 6.0 6.0 2 0 0
2017 9.9 5.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336411 · SD · Ellsworth Afb

390 Aircraft manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 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 Davis Monthan AFB 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Scaled Composites 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Murrieta, CA 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR NGAS-A560 7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Deer Creek Station 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Black Hills Electric Cooperative 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southwoods 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Timmons Construction Inc. 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR CFT ELLSWORTH AFB, SD 44 FTE
NAT-TCR Manor Care Health Services - Sunbury 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Richmond (South Laburnum Avenue) 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Yuba City (Cayub) 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Willowbrook (Txhs1) 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE S05973 - WM of AR TN AL KY Accounting Office 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mercy Specialist Physicians 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE AMEREN MISSOURI - St. Charles District 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Methodist Morton Family Medicine 28 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.

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