Fiber optic cable transmission line construction · South Dakota

Engbarth Directional Drilling

Canistota, SD · ~27 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Engbarth Directional Drilling runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Fiber optic cable transmission line construction workplace, earning a grade B.

Engbarth Directional Drilling: 2.0 TCR = 70% of Fiber optic cable transmission line construction BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Engbarth Directional Drilling safety composite

Engbarth Directional Drilling scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 50%), 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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−9.8

2016→2024

Engbarth Directional Drilling injury rate improved

Engbarth Directional Drilling's TCR fell 9.8 from 9.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.8 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Canistota, SD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 70% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/10
  • PHOTO Pike Tennessee State…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pike Tennessee Statewide Operations (0.0 TCR gap)

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Engbarth Directional Drilling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Engbarth Directional Drilling averages 2.0 TCR (70% of the Fiber optic cable transmission line construction BLS benchmark).

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

Engbarth Directional Drilling TCR series: 2016=9.8 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Engbarth Directional Drilling falls in its industry

1,605 Fiber optic cable transmission establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 10 Fiber optic cable transmission employers in South Dakota.

Engbarth Directional Drilling (27 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Engbarth Directional Drilling
Engbarth Directional Drilling (27 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Engbarth Directional Drilling has fewer employees than the Fiber optic cable transmission line cons median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 9.8 9.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · SD · Canistota

1,605 Fiber optic cable transmission line construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 4 employers in Canistota, 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 Pike Tennessee Statewide Operations 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sorensen, Craig F. Construction Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Omega Satellite, LLC 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pike Kentucky Statewide Operations 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Continental Resources - Buffalo, SD 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sioux Valley Energy - Brandon 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Puetz Design + Build - Sioux Falls 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE H&W Contracting LLC 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Good Samaritan Society-Canistota 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dylbrook 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dylbrook Gilts 29 FTE
NAT-TCR EMS - Shorewood Senior Living 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 40th District Court 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hampton Inn Dubuque 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Bassett Mechanical 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Idgrn - Grangeville Center 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE 08 Lincoln, NE 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cosal - Salida 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlas Trenchless, LLC 27 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: 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2016. 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.