General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · South Dakota

Aberdeen, SD

Aberdeen, SD · ~25 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Aberdeen, SD runs at 126% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade D.

Aberdeen, SD: 5.7 TCR = 126% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Aberdeen, SD safety composite

Aberdeen, SD scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

Aberdeen, SD: 6.0 → 12.5 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 12.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.47× in 2023

Aberdeen, SD's TCR rose 6.5 from 6.0 in 2018 to 12.5 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Aberdeen, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 126% of ind

  • DART 8.3 DART
  • RANK #9/12
  • PHOTO TanTara Transportati…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TanTara Transportation Corp. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Aberdeen, SD in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Aberdeen, SD averages 5.7 TCR (126% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

Aberdeen, SD TCR series: 2018=6 · 2019=0 · 2022=4.1 · 2023=12.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Aberdeen, SD falls in its industry

3,252 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 12 General freight trucking, long employers in South Dakota.

Aberdeen, SD (25 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Aberdeen, SD
Aberdeen, SD (25 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Aberdeen, SD has fewer employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 12.5 8.3 3 0 0
2022 4.1 4.1 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 6.0 6.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · SD · Aberdeen

3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 86 employers in Aberdeen, 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 TanTara Transportation Corp. 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jaro Transportation Services Inc-Warren 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Three Way Logistics Harris Branch 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR CBSL Transportation Services Chicago 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Aberdeen Building 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Moreau-Grand Electric Cooperative, Inc. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Huff Construction Inc. (Corporate Office Setting) 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prunty Construction Company, Inc. 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR New Angus, LLC dba DemKota Ranch Beef 761 FTE
CITY-NEAR Avera St. Luke's Hospital 758 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aberdeen 716 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1520 397 FTE
NAT-TCR Diakon - Luther Cr 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Pittsburgh Region 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Rxr - Plaza 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Steel City Tire LLC 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Exposition Center Maintenenace 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE PA Keyport 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Residential HVAC and Supply : East Region : FL - Jacksonville USA 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parts Authority East Mesa 25 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, 2019, 2018. 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.