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
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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).

F

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

TCR

What this shows Scherer Inc. averages 8.0 TCR (241% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Scherer Inc. TCR series: 2023=8.9 · 2024=7 · BLS 3.3

Where Scherer Inc. falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

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. (74 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Scherer Inc.
Scherer Inc. (74 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

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 Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR EMT 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR All Quality Machining & Finishing - Christiana 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pro~Cise Inc 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR DEE Inc Machine Shop 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sands Drywall Inc. 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Runge Enterprises, Inc. 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sioux Falls SD Plant 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Aurora Plant 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 ShopRite of Bridge and Harbison 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR General Metal Company, Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Chem Link 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Execuspace Construction Corporation 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Crystal Window and Door Systems PA, LLC 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ward Hill Central Ops LLC 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Isle at Watercrest Bryan 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE San1-Dwh-San Antonio 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.