Assembly machines manufacturing · South Dakota

VRC Metal Systems, Box Elder

Box Elder, SD · ~54 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

VRC Metal Systems, Box Elder runs at 130% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Assembly machines manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

VRC Metal Systems, Box Elder: 4.3 TCR = 130% of Assembly machines manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VRC Metal Systems, Box Elder safety composite

VRC Metal Systems, Box Elder scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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%).

VRC Metal Systems, Box Elder held a steady TCR band

VRC Metal Systems, Box Elder's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.8 in 2019 to 1.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 12.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.8 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=12.8 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333519 · Box Elder, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 130% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK P31
  • PHOTO Automation Devices, …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Automation Devices, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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VRC Metal Systems, Box Elder in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows VRC Metal Systems, Box Elder averages 4.3 TCR (130% of the Assembly machines manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

VRC Metal Systems, Box Elder TCR series: 2019=1.8 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=12.8 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where VRC Metal Systems, Box Elder falls in its industry

114 Assembly machines manufacturin establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
VRC Metal Systems, Box Elder (54 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate VRC Metal Systems, Box Elder
VRC Metal Systems, Box Elder (54 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 2.7

VRC Metal Systems, Box Elder has more employees than the Assembly machines manufacturing 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
2023 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2022 3.1 3.1 1 1 0
2021 12.8 12.8 0 7 0
2020 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2019 1.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333519 · SD · Box Elder

114 Assembly machines manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 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 Automation Devices, Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Primetals Technologies USA LLC North East 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR RED BUD INDUSTRIES, INC. 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Tech Machinery (Denver, CO) 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Component Manufacturing Company - Plant 2 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE POET Research Center 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE TrueNorth Steel-Rapid Ciy 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE H-S Precision, Inc. 54 FTE
NAT-TCR Construction Austin 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1744 WEST BABYLON, NY 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Snf Chemical - Riceboro Ga 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Robinson Paving Company 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Steinway Moving and Storage, Inc. 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE NurseCore of Albany HC 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mayo Clinic Health System-Northland (Rice Lake) 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE MWF Trucking 54 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.