Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction · South Dakota

Iron Horse Excavating, Inc

Name: Iron Horse Excavating, Inc Workplace Safety Data
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Rapid City, SD · ~22 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.7
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Iron Horse Excavating, Inc runs at 95% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction workplace, earning a grade C.

Iron Horse Excavating, Inc: 2.7 TCR = 95% of Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Iron Horse Excavating, Inc safety composite

Iron Horse Excavating, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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).

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Iron Horse Excavating, Inc: 0.0 → 4.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.6× in 2024

Iron Horse Excavating, Inc's TCR rose 4.3 from 0.0 in 2022 to 4.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Rapid City, SD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 95% of ind

DART 4.3 DART
RANK #3/13
PHOTO GSE Construction Mou…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GSE Construction Mountain Division (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Iron Horse Excavating, Inc averages 2.7 TCR (95% of the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS benchmark).

Iron Horse Excavating, Inc TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Iron Horse Excavating, Inc falls in its industry

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 13 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat employers in South Dakota.

Iron Horse Excavating, Inc (22 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Iron Horse Excavating, Inc has fewer employees than the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), const median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2024	4.3	4.3	1
2023	3.7	3.7	1
2022	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · SD · Rapid City

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	GSE Construction Mountain Division	LIVERMORE, CA	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Public Works Constructors, LLC	FORT MYERS, FL	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hydro Resources, West	WINNEMUCCA, NV	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Location 3	BALTIMORE, MD	2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Jackrabbit Family Farms, LLC	MOUNT VERNON	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Nelson Engineering Inc.	SIOUX FALLS	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rapid City Office	SIOUX FALLS	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Shop	TEA	22 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rapid City Hospital	Rapid City	2,320 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Black Hills Works	Rapid City	683 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Black Hills Corp. Headquarters (SD006)	Rapid City	590 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1604	Rapid City	513 FTE
NAT-TCR	Plasticade Inc.	Des Plaines, IL	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Spencer's Fresh Markets #1	Santa Maria, CA	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cleveland Branch	Brookpark, OH	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	COLITA	Minneapolis, MN	2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Superior Services RSH, Inc.	Lansing, MI	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Medical Associates Galena	Galena, IL	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Far West Metals	Tualatin, OR	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Gingway Products Inc.	Plain City, OH	22 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, 2022. 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.