Machine shops · South Dakota
Scherer Inc.
Sioux Falls, SD · ~74 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Scherer Inc. runs at 241% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade F.
Scherer Inc.: 8.0 TCR = 241% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Scherer Inc. safety composite
Scherer Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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).
26/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 13% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.8 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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
−1.9
2023→2024
Scherer Inc. injury rate improved
Scherer Inc.'s TCR fell 1.9 from 8.9 in 2023 to 7.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2023=8.9 · 2024=7.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332710 · Sioux Falls, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 241% of ind
- DART 2.8 DART
- RANK #4/6
- PHOTO EMT
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~74 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: EMT (0.0 TCR gap)
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Scherer Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Scherer Inc.
8 TCR
- EMT
EMT
8 TCR
- All Quality Ma
All Quality Machining & Finishing - Christiana
8 TCR
- Pro~Cise Inc
Pro~Cise Inc
8 TCR
- DEE Inc Machin
DEE Inc Machine Shop
8 TCR
What this shows Scherer Inc. averages 8.0 TCR (241% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).
Scherer Inc. TCR series: 2023=8.9 · 2024=7 · BLS 3.3
Where Scherer Inc. falls in its industry
1,821 Machine shops establishmentsSafer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Machine shops employers in South Dakota.
Scherer Inc. has more employees than the Machine shops median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 | 7.0 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8.9 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332710 · SD · Sioux Falls
1,821 Machine shops 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 codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.