Acoustical ceiling tile and panel installation · South Dakota
F.M. Acoustical Tile Inc.
Sioux Falls, SD · ~30 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
F.M. Acoustical Tile Inc. runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Acoustical ceiling tile and panel installation workplace, earning a grade D.
F.M. Acoustical Tile Inc.: 4.6 TCR = 163% of Acoustical ceiling tile and panel installation BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
F.M. Acoustical Tile Inc. safety composite
F.M. Acoustical Tile Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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).
37/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.56 per 100 workers
Safer than 37% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 26% 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%).
Rising injury rate
F.M. Acoustical Tile Inc.: 1.8 → 7.9 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 7.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.87× in 2021
F.M. Acoustical Tile Inc.'s TCR rose 6.1 from 1.8 in 2016 to 7.9 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238310 · Sioux Falls, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 163% of ind
- DART 4.0 DART
- RANK #1/8
- PHOTO 681
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~30 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 681 (0.0 TCR gap)
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F.M. Acoustical Tile Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
F.M. Acoustical Tile Inc.
4.6 TCR
- 681
681
4.6 TCR
- Bay Area Finis
Bay Area Finishing Inc.
4.6 TCR
- Construction
Construction
4.6 TCR
- 441
441
4.5 TCR
What this shows F.M. Acoustical Tile Inc. averages 4.6 TCR (163% of the Acoustical ceiling tile and panel installation BLS benchmark).
F.M. Acoustical Tile Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=4 · 2021=7.9 · BLS 2.8
Where F.M. Acoustical Tile Inc. falls in its industry
1,613 Acoustical ceiling tile and pa establishmentsSafer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.
Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 8 Acoustical ceiling tile and pa employers in South Dakota.
F.M. Acoustical Tile Inc. has fewer employees than the Acoustical ceiling tile and panel instal median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7.9 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238310 · SD · Sioux Falls
1,613 Acoustical ceiling tile and panel installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 542 employers in Sioux Falls, 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 | 681 | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bay Area Finishing Inc. | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 441 | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Construction | 4.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Silverstreak Dairy LLC, Warner Dairy | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | M.G. Oil Company #556 | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Steel Erectors, Inc | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gray Construction Co | 30 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SD,Sioux Falls-Medical Center Campus-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals | 6,424 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SD,SIOUX FALLS - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | 4,818 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Smithfield Foods | 3,459 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Avera McKennan Hospital | 3,312 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | National Heat & Power Corp. | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Matthew Warren Inc. | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Arcadia Inc. - ADT - ATX | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Aetna Ambulance | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Floating Docks Mfg Co | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Arnegard, ND Warehouse | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Earl May Seed & Nursery Garden Center #2 | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Infinite Glass and Metal, Inc. | 30 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.