Hospitals, general medical and surgical · South Dakota

Avera Dells Area Hospital

Dell Rapids, SD · ~64 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Avera Dells Area Hospital runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade A.

Avera Dells Area Hospital: 1.4 TCR = 18% of Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS 7.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Avera Dells Area Hospital safety composite

Avera Dells Area Hospital scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% 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

82/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Avera Dells Area Hospital: 0.0 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 3.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Avera Dells Area Hospital's TCR rose 3.3 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Dell Rapids, SD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 18% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/73
  • PHOTO Bozeman Health Deaco…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)

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Avera Dells Area Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Avera Dells Area Hospital averages 1.4 TCR (18% of the Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS benchmark).

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

Avera Dells Area Hospital TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=1.9 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 7.5

Where Avera Dells Area Hospital falls in its industry

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 73 Hospitals, general medical and employers in South Dakota.

Avera Dells Area Hospital (64 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 02,0004,0006,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Avera Dells Area Hospital
Avera Dells Area Hospital (64 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Avera Dells Area Hospital has fewer employees than the Hospitals, general medical and surgical median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 3.3 0.0 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.8 0.0 1 0 0
2021 3.5 0.0 2 0 0
2020 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · SD · Dell Rapids

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and surgical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 8 employers in Dell Rapids, 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 Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brain and Spine Institute 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 900 Centenial Voorhees 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1855-CTBRI16 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sioux Falls Construction 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Scotchman Industries, Inc 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE ROSEBUD WOOD PRODUCTS 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shopko Store #22 (Mitchell, SD) 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR BX Civil and Construction 83 FTE
CITY-NEAR County Fair Food Stores - Dell Rapids 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dells Nursing and Rehab Center, Inc. 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dell Rapids Custom Trailers, Inc. 35 FTE
NAT-TCR Amgen (Distribution Center In Louisville) 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Nucor (Vulcraft Carrier Division) 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR CMC Steel Arizona 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR CMC Rebar Nashville 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE XYH 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ion bond - Madison Heights 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE One Nineteen #727 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bismarck - H A Thompson & Sons, Inc. 64 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.