Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building · South Dakota

Paradigm Construction

Sioux Falls, SD · ~76 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Paradigm Construction runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building workplace, earning a grade D.

Paradigm Construction: 3.6 TCR = 124% of Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building BLS 2.9 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Paradigm Construction safety composite

Paradigm Construction scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

−1.5

2021→2024

Paradigm Construction injury rate improved

Paradigm Construction's TCR fell 1.5 from 5.1 in 2021 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=5.1 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236220 · Sioux Falls, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 124% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #9/35
  • PHOTO Advanced Exterior Sy…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Advanced Exterior Systems (0.0 TCR gap)

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Paradigm Construction in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Paradigm Construction averages 3.6 TCR (124% of the Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building BLS benchmark).

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

Paradigm Construction TCR series: 2021=5.1 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 2.9

Where Paradigm Construction falls in its industry

4,692 Addition, alteration and renov establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 35 Addition, alteration and renov employers in South Dakota.

Paradigm Construction (76 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0100200300400500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Paradigm Construction
Paradigm Construction (76 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Paradigm Construction has more employees than the Addition, alteration and renovation gene median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 3.7 3.7 3 1 0
2023 4.2 4.2 4 1 0
2022 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2021 5.1 5.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · SD · Sioux Falls

4,692 Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building 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 Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Advanced Exterior Systems 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR J.T. Harrison Construction Co., Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR R. G. Ross Construction Co., Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Premium Concrete Inc. 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Puetz Corporation 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bowes Construction, Inc 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pivotal Health Solutions Watertown 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heiman, Inc. 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR SD,Sioux Falls-Medical Center Campus-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 6,424 FTE
CITY-NEAR SD,SIOUX FALLS - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 4,818 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield Foods 3,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Avera McKennan Hospital 3,312 FTE
NAT-TCR Diamond Manufacturing 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Equilibrium Catalyst Inc (ECI) 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Norridgewock Manufacturing 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR The Higgins Group Corp 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Farm and Fleet of Decatur 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE B44 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE TrueHQ 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE D.R. Horton, Inc. - Delaware 76 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, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.