Plumbing and heating contractors · South Dakota

Midwestern Mechanical-Rapid City

Rapid City, SD · ~62 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Midwestern Mechanical-Rapid City runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Midwestern Mechanical-Rapid City: 4.1 TCR = 146% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midwestern Mechanical-Rapid City safety composite

Midwestern Mechanical-Rapid City scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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).

C

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.4

2023→2024

Midwestern Mechanical-Rapid City injury rate improved

Midwestern Mechanical-Rapid City's TCR fell 4.4 from 6.3 in 2023 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=6.3 · 2024=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Rapid City, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 146% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/16
  • PHOTO American Heating, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: American Heating, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Midwestern Mechanical-Rapid City in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Midwestern Mechanical-Rapid City averages 4.1 TCR (146% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Midwestern Mechanical-Rapid City TCR series: 2023=6.3 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 2.8

Where Midwestern Mechanical-Rapid City falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

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 16 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in South Dakota.

Midwestern Mechanical-Rapid City (62 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Midwestern Mechanical-Rapid City
Midwestern Mechanical-Rapid City (62 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Midwestern Mechanical-Rapid City has more employees than the Plumbing and heating contractors 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 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2023 6.3 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · SD · Rapid City

5,793 Plumbing and heating 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 American Heating, Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carrier Commercial Services (Los Angeles) 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wenzel Plymouth Plumbing 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Redblue 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE G & R Controls - Sioux Falls 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Superior Watertown 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4081 - Dakota Panel Board Line 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vern Eide GM 62 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 June Tailor Inc 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Henning Construction, Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Sefar Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Yokohama TWS - Akron 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Family Food Products, Inc. 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE National Plant Services 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE TerWisscha Construction, Inc 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 153 62 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. 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.