Excavation contractors · South Dakota

Runge Enterprises, Inc.

Sioux Falls, SD · ~74 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Runge Enterprises, Inc. runs at 256% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Runge Enterprises, Inc.: 7.2 TCR = 256% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Runge Enterprises, Inc. safety composite

Runge Enterprises, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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 7.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−4.4

2016→2024

Runge Enterprises, Inc. injury rate improved

Runge Enterprises, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.4 from 6.6 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 12.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.6 · 2017=8.5 · 2018=7.2 · 2019=12.3 · 2020=7.3 · 2021=7.5 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=8.1 · 2024=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Sioux Falls, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 256% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #7/9
  • PHOTO Earthmovers Unlimite…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 45 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Earthmovers Unlimited, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Runge Enterprises, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Runge Enterprises, Inc. averages 7.2 TCR (256% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Runge Enterprises, Inc. TCR series: 2016=6.6 · 2017=8.5 · 2018=7.2 · 2019=12.3 · 2020=7.3 · 2021=7.5 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=8.1 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Runge Enterprises, Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 9 Excavation contractors employers in South Dakota.

Runge Enterprises, Inc. (74 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Runge Enterprises, Inc.
Runge Enterprises, Inc. (74 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Runge Enterprises, Inc. has more employees than the Excavation contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 2.2 1.1 2 0 0
2023 8.1 2.3 7 0 0
2022 4.9 2.5 4 0 0
2021 7.5 0.0 5 1 0
2020 7.3 4.9 6 0 0
2019 12.3 3.1 8 0 0
2018 7.2 3.6 4 0 0
2017 8.5 3.4 5 0 0
2016 6.6 5.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · SD · Sioux Falls

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 542 employers in Sioux Falls, 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 Earthmovers Unlimited, Inc. 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR GEOTEX Construction Services 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kelley Dewatering and Construction Company 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kenneth West Inc 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sands Drywall Inc. 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sioux Falls SD Plant 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Aurora Plant 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Scherer Inc. 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR SD,Sioux Falls-Medical Center Campus-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 6,424 FTE
CITY-NEAR SD,SIOUX FALLS - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 4,818 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield Foods 3,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Avera McKennan Hospital 3,312 FTE
NAT-TCR Greenville Pioneer Electric Cooperative, Inc. 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Triad Roofing Company, Inc. 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Barro's Pizza, Surprise 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Fort Worth Aluminum Foundry Inc 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Nu-Calgon Wholesaler, Inc. 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rives Construction Company, Inc. 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jem, LLC 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE McMorran Place Arena 74 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.