Commercial building construction general contractors · South Dakota

Heavy Constructors INC

Rapid City, SD · ~152 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.4
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Heavy Constructors INC runs at 255% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Commercial building construction general contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Heavy Constructors INC: 7.4 TCR = 255% of Commercial building construction general contractors BLS 2.9 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Heavy Constructors INC safety composite

Heavy Constructors INC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.25 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.7

2018→2024

Heavy Constructors INC injury rate improved

Heavy Constructors INC's TCR fell 4.7 from 10.7 in 2018 to 6.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 10.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=10.7 · 2023=5.5 · 2024=6.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236220 · Rapid City, SD ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 255% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #25/35
  • PHOTO EBCNM
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~152 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: EBCNM (0.0 TCR gap)

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Heavy Constructors INC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Heavy Constructors INC averages 7.4 TCR (255% of the Commercial building construction general contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Heavy Constructors INC TCR series: 2018=10.7 · 2023=5.5 · 2024=6 · BLS 2.9

Where Heavy Constructors INC falls in its industry

4,692 Commercial building constructi establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 35 Commercial building constructi employers in South Dakota.

Heavy Constructors INC (152 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Heavy Constructors INC
Heavy Constructors INC (152 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Heavy Constructors INC has more employees than the Commercial building construction general median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 6.0 2.3 8 0 0
2023 5.5 2.3 7 0 0
2018 10.7 7.3 19 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · SD · Rapid City

4,692 Commercial building construction general contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 219 employers in Rapid City, 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 EBCNM 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tedesco Pacific Construction, Inc 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kessel Construction Inc 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Watts Constructors, Inc. 7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Morris, Inc. 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE Global Polymer Industries, Inc. 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-1634 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE Philip Health Services Inc. 151 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rapid City Hospital 2,320 FTE
CITY-NEAR Black Hills Works 683 FTE
CITY-NEAR Black Hills Corp. Headquarters (SD006) 590 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1604 513 FTE
NAT-TCR Stagnaro Distributing Inc 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - 301 Packing House 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Gold Coast Baking Company, LLC. 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR STR0404 7.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Chevy Chase 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pacific Tomato Growers , Ltd. - Midway TN PH 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Palm Gardens Health and Rehabilitation, LLC 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Loveland Embassy Suites 152 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, 2018. 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.