Plumbers · South Dakota

Redlinger Bros. Plumbing & Heating Co.

Watertown, SD · ~48 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Redlinger Bros. Plumbing & Heating Co. runs at 279% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plumbers workplace, earning a grade F.

Redlinger Bros. Plumbing & Heating Co.: 7.8 TCR = 279% of Plumbers BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Redlinger Bros. Plumbing & Heating Co. safety composite

Redlinger Bros. Plumbing & Heating Co. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−11.4

2018→2023

Redlinger Bros. Plumbing & Heating Co. injury rate improved

Redlinger Bros. Plumbing & Heating Co.'s TCR fell 11.4 from 13.5 in 2018 to 2.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 13.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=13.5 · 2023=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Watertown, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 279% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #14/16
  • PHOTO Frisbees, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Frisbees, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Redlinger Bros. Plumbing & Heating Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Redlinger Bros. Plumbing & Heating Co. averages 7.8 TCR (279% of the Plumbers BLS benchmark).

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

Redlinger Bros. Plumbing & Heating Co. TCR series: 2018=13.5 · 2023=2.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Redlinger Bros. Plumbing & Heating Co. falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbers establishments

Safer than 18% 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 #14 safest of 16 Plumbers employers in South Dakota.

Redlinger Bros. Plumbing & Heating Co. (48 employees, TCR 7.8) 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 Redlinger Bros. Plumbing & Heating Co.
Redlinger Bros. Plumbing & Heating Co. (48 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Redlinger Bros. Plumbing & Heating Co. has fewer employees than the Plumbers 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
2023 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2018 13.5 5.8 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · SD · Watertown

5,793 Plumbers 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 Frisbees, Inc. 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Paschal Air Plumbing and Electric - Hot Springs 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main Office 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR All Pro Plumbing HAE Inc 7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Washington 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Asphalt Surfacing Company 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Olympic Companies of SD 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lien Transportation Company 48 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 Stop & Shop 100699 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR B & C Wood Components LLC 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Memorial Medical Center 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Diversicare of Larned 7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ihop 1441 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sensei Wellness Holdings Inc 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cambridge House of Maryvi 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE 180 Surf Avenue 48 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: 2023, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.