Fire sprinkler system installation · South Dakota

Rapid Fire Protection INC

Rapid City, SD · ~238 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rapid Fire Protection INC runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Fire sprinkler system installation workplace, earning a grade B.

Rapid Fire Protection INC: 1.9 TCR = 67% of Fire sprinkler system installation BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rapid Fire Protection INC safety composite

Rapid Fire Protection INC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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

−0.4

2016→2022

Rapid Fire Protection INC injury rate improved

Rapid Fire Protection INC's TCR fell 0.4 from 2.5 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.6 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.5 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Rapid City, SD AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 67% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #5/16
  • PHOTO Caruth Protection Se…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~238 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Caruth Protection Services Llc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rapid Fire Protection INC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rapid Fire Protection INC averages 1.9 TCR (67% of the Fire sprinkler system installation BLS benchmark).

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

Rapid Fire Protection INC TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=2.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Rapid Fire Protection INC falls in its industry

5,793 Fire sprinkler system installa establishments

Safer than 71% 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 #5 safest of 16 Fire sprinkler system installa employers in South Dakota.

Rapid Fire Protection INC (238 employees, TCR 1.9) 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 Rapid Fire Protection INC
Rapid Fire Protection INC (238 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Rapid Fire Protection INC has more employees than the Fire sprinkler system installation median and a lower 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
2022 2.1 0.3 7 0 0
2021 1.1 0.0 3 0 0
2020 1.4 0.0 3 0 0
2019 2.6 0.0 5 0 0
2018 2.5 0.0 5 0 0
2017 1.1 0.5 2 0 0
2016 2.5 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · SD · Rapid City

5,793 Fire sprinkler system installation 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 Caruth Protection Services Llc 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Quantum Mechanical Services, Inc 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Total Fire Protection of Michigan, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Fire Suppression - Kansas City 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2457 - Rapid City 238 FTE
STATE-SIZE Persona Watertown Main 237 FTE
STATE-SIZE Avera Plaza 3 239 FTE
STATE-SIZE SD,SIOUX FALLS - Peterson Center - Computer Facilities Management Services 240 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 CLS-Phoenix 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond Bakersfield 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Auto-Chlor Services LLC 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 076 Fmk 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE El Paso Service Processing Center 238 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6458-ZNSE 238 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0327 - Harrisburg Pa Whse 238 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1078 - Woodmore Towne Centre Md Whse 238 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.