ALL printing operations including digital printing · South Dakota

PBM Graphics - SD

Howard, SD · ~121 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

PBM Graphics - SD runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical ALL printing operations including digital printing workplace, earning a grade B.

PBM Graphics - SD: 2.2 TCR = 67% of ALL printing operations including digital printing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

PBM Graphics - SD safety composite

PBM Graphics - SD scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).

D

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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%).

Rising injury rate

PBM Graphics - SD: 1.6 → 2.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 2.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.52× in 2019

PBM Graphics - SD's TCR rose 0.7 from 1.6 in 2017 to 2.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.7 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 323111 · Howard, SD AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 67% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #5/12
  • PHOTO Toppan Merrill LLC S…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~121 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Toppan Merrill LLC Sartell (0.0 TCR gap)

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PBM Graphics - SD in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows PBM Graphics - SD averages 2.2 TCR (67% of the ALL printing operations including digital printing BLS benchmark).

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

PBM Graphics - SD TCR series: 2017=1.6 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where PBM Graphics - SD falls in its industry

2,001 ALL printing operations includ establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 12 ALL printing operations includ employers in South Dakota.

PBM Graphics - SD (121 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate PBM Graphics - SD
PBM Graphics - SD (121 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.6

PBM Graphics - SD has more employees than the ALL printing operations including digita median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2019 2.3 1.1 2 0 0
2018 2.7 1.8 3 0 0
2017 1.6 1.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

323111 · SD · Howard

2,001 ALL printing operations including digital printing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 5 employers in Howard, 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 Toppan Merrill LLC Sartell 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Keno Graphic Services, Inc. 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Accucopy of Greenville INC 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Standard Group - HQ 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sioux Falls SD - D Avenue 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE DL Main 122 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trussbilt, LLC 122 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fimco 122 FTE
CITY-NEAR Good Samaritan Society Howard 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR Howard Farmers Coop Assn 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Howard Farmers Coop 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Whispering Winds Senior Living 18 FTE
NAT-TCR 17-TTCO-PENSACOLA 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Bluff Manufacturing 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hill's Pet Nutrition Indiana Inc. 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 356888-Triboro Cs District 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Valcour - St. Louis 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE 287 - Winston-Salem 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE 262 - Huntington 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE 213 - Madison East 121 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.