Food Services · South Dakota

500118200 - South Dakota State Univ.

Brookings, SD · ~306 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

500118200 - South Dakota State Univ. runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food Services workplace, earning a grade D.

500118200 - South Dakota State Univ.: 4.4 TCR = 146% of Food Services BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

500118200 - South Dakota State Univ. safety composite

500118200 - South Dakota State Univ. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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%).

Rising injury rate

500118200 - South Dakota State Univ.: 2.5 → 6.2 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 6.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.25× in 2017

500118200 - South Dakota State Univ.'s TCR rose 3.7 from 2.5 in 2016 to 6.2 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Brookings, SD ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 146% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK #10/21
  • PHOTO Adelphi U-Center
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~306 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Adelphi U-Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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500118200 - South Dakota State Univ. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 500118200 - South Dakota State Univ. averages 4.4 TCR (146% of the Food Services BLS benchmark).

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

500118200 - South Dakota State Univ. TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=6.2 · BLS 3.0

Where 500118200 - South Dakota State Univ. falls in its industry

6,952 Food Services establishments

Safer than 39% 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 #10 safest of 21 Food Services employers in South Dakota.

500118200 - South Dakota State Univ. (306 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 500118200 - South Dakota State Univ.
500118200 - South Dakota State Univ. (306 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

500118200 - South Dakota State Univ. has more employees than the Food Services 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
2017 6.2 5.5 8 0 0
2016 2.5 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · SD · Brookings

6,952 Food Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 59 employers in Brookings, 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 Adelphi U-Center 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR SBU WEST SIDE DINING 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maryville 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4021-000000849 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE WI Engineered Cabs - Watertown 305 FTE
STATE-SIZE Raven Manufacturing 305 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1483 307 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bethany Lutheran Home 305 FTE
CITY-NEAR SD01-DAKT-SOUTH DAKOTA BROOKINGS 1,406 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brookings 1,154 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1538 379 FTE
CITY-NEAR Larson Mfg. LLC 378 FTE
NAT-TCR 0140 - Harrisburg, Pa 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Upsco Airline Hangar (Kyalh) 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Seagoville 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hattie Larlham Center for Children with Disabilities 306 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lansing (Milan) 306 FTE
NAT-SIZE North American Shipbuilding LLC 306 FTE
NAT-SIZE CO0016CSS 306 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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