Transmission and distribution line construction · South Dakota

Michels Power- SD

Gary, SD · ~27 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Michels Power- SD runs at 178% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Transmission and distribution line construction workplace, earning a grade D.

Michels Power- SD: 5.0 TCR = 178% of Transmission and distribution line construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michels Power- SD safety composite

Michels Power- SD scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.4

2016→2017

Michels Power- SD injury rate improved

Michels Power- SD's TCR fell 3.4 from 6.7 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.7 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.7 · 2017=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Gary, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 178% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #10/10
  • PHOTO ANS:ANLAW - ANLAW-La…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ANS:ANLAW - ANLAW-Lawrenceville, GA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Michels Power- SD in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Michels Power- SD averages 5.0 TCR (178% of the Transmission and distribution line construction BLS benchmark).

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

Michels Power- SD TCR series: 2016=6.7 · 2017=3.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Michels Power- SD falls in its industry

1,605 Transmission and distribution establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 10 Transmission and distribution employers in South Dakota.

Michels Power- SD (27 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Michels Power- SD
Michels Power- SD (27 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Michels Power- SD has fewer employees than the Transmission and distribution line const median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2017 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2016 6.7 3.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · SD · Gary

1,605 Transmission and distribution line construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 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 ANS:ANLAW - ANLAW-Lawrenceville, GA 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR GSU:GS500 - GS500-GSU - Sacramento, CA 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 404 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR HI TECH UTILITY CONSTRUCTION 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Continental Resources - Buffalo, SD 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sioux Valley Energy - Brandon 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Puetz Design + Build - Sioux Falls 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE H&W Contracting LLC 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gary Terminal 29 FTE
NAT-TCR Textron Specialized Vehicles - Premier De-icers 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR DeAngelo Brothers Mount Jackson 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 7 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR MB-Salt Lake City 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE U.S office- Sales & Distribution- Lewmar Inc. 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midwest Scrap Management PC 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0346 - Hialeah, Fl 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0296 - Spokane, Wa 27 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: 2017, 2016. 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.