Coating metals and metal products for the trade · South Dakota

Pivotal Fab and Powder

Watertown, SD · ~60 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pivotal Fab and Powder runs at 401% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Coating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade F.

Pivotal Fab and Powder: 13.2 TCR = 401% of Coating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pivotal Fab and Powder safety composite

Pivotal Fab and Powder scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

−18.7

2023→2024

Pivotal Fab and Powder injury rate improved

Pivotal Fab and Powder's TCR fell 18.7 from 22.6 in 2023 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 22.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=22.6 · 2024=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332812 · Watertown, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.2 · 401% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK P6
  • PHOTO Electrode Technologi…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Electrode Technologies Inc. Reid Metal Finishing (0.3 TCR gap)

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Pivotal Fab and Powder in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pivotal Fab and Powder averages 13.2 TCR (401% of the Coating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Pivotal Fab and Powder TCR series: 2023=22.6 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Pivotal Fab and Powder falls in its industry

646 Coating metals and metal produ establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Pivotal Fab and Powder (60 employees, TCR 13.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Pivotal Fab and Powder
Pivotal Fab and Powder (60 employees, TCR 13.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Pivotal Fab and Powder has more employees than the Coating metals and metal products for th median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 3.9 1.9 2 0 0
2023 22.6 11.3 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332812 · SD · Watertown

646 Coating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 80 employers in Watertown, 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 Electrode Technologies Inc. Reid Metal Finishing 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR RIE Coatings- Iowa 5301 Chavanelle Road 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Keystone Koating Mifflintown 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Coating Co. Inc. 12.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE North Star Logistics, LLC Lake Norden 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Madison Facility 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE DALE'S TIRE & RETREADING, INC 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mitchell Ford 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prairie Lakes Healthcare System 611 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prairie Lakes Healthcare 601 FTE
CITY-NEAR Terex - Watertown 598 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1500 352 FTE
NAT-TCR Vallia Foods LLC 13.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Husky Products, LLC 13.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Saratoga Surgical Center 13.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Evergreen Senior Living- Orland Park 13.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hyatt House Seattle 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parkside Manor 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Leander 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE RHCC Fremont 60 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.