Commercial building construction general contractors · Missouri

Rick Shipman Construction

Name: Rick Shipman Construction Workplace Safety Data
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Dexter, MO · ~138 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.6
Avg TCR: 2.9
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Rick Shipman Construction runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Commercial building construction general contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Rick Shipman Construction: 2.6 TCR = 90% of Commercial building construction general contractors BLS 2.9 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rick Shipman Construction safety composite

Rick Shipman Construction scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers
DART rate: F 1.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Rick Shipman Construction: 1.4 → 3.8 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 3.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.72× in 2023

Rick Shipman Construction's TCR rose 2.3 from 1.4 in 2022 to 3.8 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236220 · Dexter, MO AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 90% of ind

DART 1.9 DART
RANK #62/122
PHOTO David E. Looper & Co…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~138 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: David E. Looper & Company, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Rick Shipman Construction averages 2.6 TCR (90% of the Commercial building construction general contractors BLS benchmark).

Rick Shipman Construction TCR series: 2022=1.4 · 2023=3.8 · BLS 2.9

Where Rick Shipman Construction falls in its industry

4,692 Commercial building constructi establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #62 safest of 122 Commercial building constructi employers in Missouri.

Rick Shipman Construction (138 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Rick Shipman Construction has more employees than the Commercial building construction general 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
2023	3.8	1.9	6	0	0
2022	1.4	0.7	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · MO · Dexter

4,692 Commercial building construction general contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 26 employers in Dexter, MO · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	David E. Looper & Company, Inc.	HICKORY, NC	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	7022174 - Taylor CUB & GCS	TAYLOR, TX	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	George W Reagan Company	KNOXVILLE, TN	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cowen Construction	TULSA, OK	2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Regal	LINCOLN	138 FTE
STATE-SIZE	OTSCON, Inc.	COLUMBIA	138 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CK Power St. Louis	SAINT LOUIS	138 FTE
STATE-SIZE	TLG-Springfield	STRAFFORD	138 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Dexter Plant	Dexter	604 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Faurecia Dexter Missouri	Dexter	526 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 30	Dexter	284 FTE
CITY-NEAR	30	Dexter	266 FTE
NAT-TCR	Suit-Kote Meadville (Road)	Meadville, PA	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Abilities Services, Inc.	Crawfordsville, IN	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Avon Elementary	Albany, MN	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	MCAM	Stockton, CA	2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	RLH Fire Protection	Bakersfield, CA	138 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Roberts Tours and Transportation Inc, Hilo and Kona	Kailua-Kona, HI	138 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Nappa Home Office	Burlington, MA	138 FTE
NAT-SIZE	STA - Williamstown	Williamstown, NJ	138 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, 2022. 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.