Trash collection services · South Dakota

3031-Novak Sanitary Service

Sioux Falls, SD · ~91 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

3031-Novak Sanitary Service runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Trash collection services workplace, earning a grade B.

3031-Novak Sanitary Service: 1.7 TCR = 65% of Trash collection services BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

3031-Novak Sanitary Service safety composite

3031-Novak Sanitary Service scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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

−3.4

2022→2024

3031-Novak Sanitary Service injury rate improved

3031-Novak Sanitary Service's TCR fell 3.4 from 4.2 in 2022 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Sioux Falls, SD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 65% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO 5230-Alamogordo
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 5230-Alamogordo (0.0 TCR gap)

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3031-Novak Sanitary Service in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 3031-Novak Sanitary Service averages 1.7 TCR (65% of the Trash collection services BLS benchmark).

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

3031-Novak Sanitary Service TCR series: 2022=4.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 2.6

Where 3031-Novak Sanitary Service falls in its industry

2,322 Trash collection services establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Trash collection services employers in South Dakota.

3031-Novak Sanitary Service (91 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 3031-Novak Sanitary Service
3031-Novak Sanitary Service (91 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

3031-Novak Sanitary Service has more employees than the Trash collection services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 0.8 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.2 2.5 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · SD · Sioux Falls

2,322 Trash collection services 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 5230-Alamogordo 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR BFI Waste Services of Pennsylvania 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Knoxville Loudon 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR S05218 - WM of Oregon Washington County 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Benchmark Foam Inc 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Demmer Investments IV, Inc. dba Quality Tool (SD) 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Curt 141 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE FAREWAY STORES, INC. 164 SIOUX FALLS 91 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 5230-Alamogordo 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Hurley Electrical Contracting LLC 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR North Mountain Medical and Rehabilitation Center 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Thompson Savannah 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Giant 748 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Giant Food Stores 6526 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Martin'S Food Markets 6071 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Giant 775 91 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. 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.