Building materials supply dealers · South Dakota

Knecht Lumber & Distribution

Rapid City, SD · ~57 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Knecht Lumber & Distribution runs at 479% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Building materials supply dealers workplace, earning a grade F.

Knecht Lumber & Distribution: 16.3 TCR = 479% of Building materials supply dealers BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Knecht Lumber & Distribution safety composite

Knecht Lumber & Distribution scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−4.0

2020→2021

Knecht Lumber & Distribution injury rate improved

Knecht Lumber & Distribution's TCR fell 4.0 from 18.3 in 2020 to 14.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 18.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=18.3 · 2021=14.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444190 · Rapid City, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 16.3 · 479% of ind

  • DART 7.2 DART
  • RANK #8/9
  • PHOTO The Tile Shop - #816
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Tile Shop - #816 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Knecht Lumber & Distribution in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Knecht Lumber & Distribution averages 16.3 TCR (479% of the Building materials supply dealers BLS benchmark).

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

Knecht Lumber & Distribution TCR series: 2020=18.3 · 2021=14.3 · BLS 3.4

Where Knecht Lumber & Distribution falls in its industry

1,643 Building materials supply deal establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 9 Building materials supply deal employers in South Dakota.

Knecht Lumber & Distribution (57 employees, TCR 16.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 35 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 050100150200 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Knecht Lumber & Distribution
Knecht Lumber & Distribution (57 employees, TCR 16.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 35 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Knecht Lumber & Distribution has more employees than the Building materials supply dealers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 14.3 7.2 8 0 0
2020 18.3 11.0 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444190 · SD · Rapid City

1,643 Building materials supply dealers 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 The Tile Shop - #816 16.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ridout Lumber Company of Rogers 16.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR McCoys Building Supply-Terrell 16.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR McCoys Building Supply- Kingsville 16.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rainbow Play Systems, Inc. 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4192-00051155-15 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Runnings of Aberdeen 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE SDMIT - MITCHELL 57 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 The Specialty Hospital of Meridian 16.3 TCR
NAT-TCR SOLS 16.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Gilroy Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center 16.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Service Trucks International 16.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Quanex Screens LLC - Fontana 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Inspired Living at Bonita Springs 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Semi Tropic Gin & Almond Huller 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wild Oats Bakery & Cafe 57 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: 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.