Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing · South Dakota

TrueNorth Steel

Huron, SD · ~41 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

TrueNorth Steel runs at 254% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

TrueNorth Steel: 8.4 TCR = 254% of Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

TrueNorth Steel safety composite

TrueNorth Steel scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

TrueNorth Steel: 2.5 → 11.6 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 12.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.55× in 2019

TrueNorth Steel's TCR rose 9.1 from 2.5 in 2016 to 11.6 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Huron, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 254% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK P19
  • PHOTO Haven Manufacturing …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Haven Manufacturing LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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TrueNorth Steel in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows TrueNorth Steel averages 8.4 TCR (254% of the Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

TrueNorth Steel TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=12.2 · 2018=7.3 · 2019=11.6 · BLS 3.3

Where TrueNorth Steel falls in its industry

1,158 Air cowls, sheet metal (except establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
TrueNorth Steel (41 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate TrueNorth Steel
TrueNorth Steel (41 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

TrueNorth Steel has fewer employees than the Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2019 11.6 4.6 5 0 0
2018 7.3 4.8 3 0 0
2017 12.2 4.9 5 0 0
2016 2.5 2.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · SD · Huron

1,158 Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 43 employers in Huron, 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 Haven Manufacturing LLC 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR PCH Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning, Inc. 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR MSM Sheet Metal & Steel Fabrication, Inc. 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR MECH-TRONICS, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - 0141484 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dakota Granite 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Black Hills Truss & Components 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mitchell SD Truss 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Custom Touch Plant 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dakota Provisions 902 FTE
CITY-NEAR Huron Regional Medical Center 343 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3853 252 FTE
CITY-NEAR Huron Area Center for Independence 246 FTE
NAT-TCR Helen Owen Carey Residence 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hampton Inn & Suites Lincoln NE 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Siouxland Paramedics, Inc. 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Wallace Hardware Co Inc 8.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE TD Fischer Group Inc 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Horst Brothers Construction, LLC 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Specialty Composites Group, Ltd. dba Waco Composites 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Er-Hhh1-Spring Arbor Raleigh 41 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.