Manufacturing Industries, Not Elsewhere Classified · South Dakota

RPM & Associates / RPM Solutions

Rapid City, SD · ~29 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

RPM & Associates / RPM Solutions runs at 249% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Manufacturing Industries, Not Elsewhere Classified workplace, earning a grade F.

RPM & Associates / RPM Solutions: 5.2 TCR = 249% of Manufacturing Industries, Not Elsewhere Classified BLS 2.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

RPM & Associates / RPM Solutions safety composite

RPM & Associates / RPM Solutions scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

RPM & Associates / RPM Solutions: 2.7 → 3.9 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 8.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2021

RPM & Associates / RPM Solutions's TCR rose 1.2 from 2.7 in 2018 to 3.9 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 811310 · Rapid City, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.2 · 249% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/12
  • PHOTO 03 Topeka, KS
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 03 Topeka, KS (0.0 TCR gap)

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RPM & Associates / RPM Solutions in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows RPM & Associates / RPM Solutions averages 5.2 TCR (249% of the Manufacturing Industries, Not Elsewhere Classified BLS benchmark).

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

RPM & Associates / RPM Solutions TCR series: 2018=2.7 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=8.3 · 2021=3.9 · BLS 2.1

Where RPM & Associates / RPM Solutions falls in its industry

2,560 Manufacturing Industries, Not establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 12 Manufacturing Industries, Not employers in South Dakota.

RPM & Associates / RPM Solutions (29 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 0100200300400500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate RPM & Associates / RPM Solutions
RPM & Associates / RPM Solutions (29 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.7

RPM & Associates / RPM Solutions has fewer employees than the Manufacturing Industries, Not Elsewhere median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2021 3.9 0.0 1 0 0
2020 8.3 4.2 2 0 0
2019 5.9 3.0 2 0 0
2018 2.7 2.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

811310 · SD · Rapid City

2,560 Manufacturing Industries, Not Elsewhere Classified 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 03 Topeka, KS 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 23 Brunswick, OH 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR De Pere, WI Shop 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lakes and Plains Construction Inc. 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bees South Dakota 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lacreek Electric Association, Inc. 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quinn Construction, Inc. 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ace Ready Mix- Sioux Falls 29 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 General Labels & Printing, LLC 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Orange County (Orlando) 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Mercy Flight, Inc 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Complete Feed Service L.L.C. 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Petersburg (#28) 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Windsor Woods (#115) 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lynnhaven (#135) 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cedar Road (#145) 29 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.