Plumbers · South Dakota
Howe, Inc.
Sioux Falls, SD · ~135 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Howe, Inc. runs at 263% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plumbers workplace, earning a grade F.
Howe, Inc.: 7.4 TCR = 263% of Plumbers BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Howe, Inc. safety composite
Howe, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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).
48/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.36 per 100 workers
Safer than 19% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 80% 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
Howe, Inc.: 4.9 → 7.4 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 10.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Howe, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.6 from 4.9 in 2016 to 7.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238220 · Sioux Falls, SD ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 263% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #12/16
- PHOTO CJS Plumbing Inc
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 72 inj
- SIZE ~135 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: CJS Plumbing Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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Howe, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Howe, Inc.
7.4 TCR
- CJS Plumbing I
CJS Plumbing Inc
7.4 TCR
- WCA Group, LLC
WCA Group, LLC Indianapolis
7.3 TCR
- Culligan - Pit
Culligan - Pittsburgh
7.3 TCR
- MCT Mechanical
MCT Mechanical LLC
7.3 TCR
What this shows Howe, Inc. averages 7.4 TCR (263% of the Plumbers BLS benchmark).
Howe, Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.9 · 2017=5.4 · 2018=8.3 · 2019=10.8 · 2022=7 · 2023=7.7 · 2024=7.4 · BLS 2.8
Where Howe, Inc. falls in its industry
5,793 Plumbers establishmentsSafer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 16 Plumbers employers in South Dakota.
Howe, Inc. has more employees than the Plumbers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.7 | 0.5 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10.8 | 1.8 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.3 | 4.6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238220 · SD · Sioux Falls
5,793 Plumbers 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 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.