Food Services · South Dakota

500187100 - Univ. of South Dakota

Name: 500187100 - Univ. of South Dakota Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Vermillion, SD · ~234 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.7
Avg TCR: 3.0
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

500187100 - Univ. of South Dakota runs at 57% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Food Services workplace, earning a grade B.

500187100 - Univ. of South Dakota: 1.7 TCR = 57% of Food Services BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

500187100 - Univ. of South Dakota safety composite

500187100 - Univ. of South Dakota scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

500187100 - Univ. of South Dakota: 1.2 → 2.2 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 2.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.65× in 2017

500187100 - Univ. of South Dakota's TCR rose 1.1 from 1.2 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Vermillion, SD AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 57% of ind

DART 1.1 DART
RANK #2/21
PHOTO SODEXO AT NORMAN PUB…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~234 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SODEXO AT NORMAN PUBLIC SCHOOL (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.7
SODEXO AT NORM

1.7
SODEXO AT CENT

1.7
UNF Starbucks

1.7
FOUNTAIN VIEW

1.7

What this shows 500187100 - Univ. of South Dakota averages 1.7 TCR (57% of the Food Services BLS benchmark).

500187100 - Univ. of South Dakota TCR series: 2016=1.2 · 2017=2.2 · BLS 3.0

Where 500187100 - Univ. of South Dakota falls in its industry

6,952 Food Services establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 21 Food Services employers in South Dakota.

500187100 - Univ. of South Dakota (234 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

500187100 - Univ. of South Dakota has more employees than the Food Services median and a lower 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	2.2	1.1	1	1	0
2016	1.2	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · SD · Vermillion

6,952 Food Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 24 employers in Vermillion, SD · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	SODEXO AT NORMAN PUBLIC SCHOOL	NORMAN, OK	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SODEXO AT CENTENARY COLLEGE	SHREVEPORT, LA	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	UNF Starbucks	JACKSONVILLE, FL	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	FOUNTAIN VIEW AT COLLEGE ROAD	MONSEY, NY	1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Manitou Group Yankton SD	YANKTON	234 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Balance Systems Inc	SIOUX FALLS	233 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Spartan - Brandon	BRANDON	235 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Watertown Plant	WATERTOWN	233 FTE
CITY-NEAR	4021-500187100	Vermillion	242 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 3734	Vermillion	228 FTE
CITY-NEAR	3734	Vermillion	209 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SD,Vermillion-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	Vermillion	199 FTE
NAT-TCR	Main Office	Lancaster, KY	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Intralox, LLC - Savage, MD	Savage, MD	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	824/826 Kropp Court	Hood River, OR	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Redford	Redford, MI	1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Rai Crew Mci	Kansas City, MO	234 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Good Samaritan Society Daytona	Daytona Beach, FL	234 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Charlottesville (Vacha)	Charlottesville, VA	234 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Riverside (Cariv)	Riverside, CA	234 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.