Hospitals, general medical and surgical · South Dakota

Avera Health Avera Mckennan Hospital

Sioux Falls, SD · ~94 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Avera Health Avera Mckennan Hospital runs at 21% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade A.

Avera Health Avera Mckennan Hospital: 1.6 TCR = 21% of Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS 7.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Avera Health Avera Mckennan Hospital safety composite

Avera Health Avera Mckennan Hospital scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% 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 1.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% 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 Health Avera Mckennan Hospital: 1.2 → 1.9 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 1.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2019

Avera Health Avera Mckennan Hospital's TCR rose 0.7 from 1.2 in 2018 to 1.9 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Sioux Falls, SD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 21% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/73
  • PHOTO Community Medical Ce…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~94 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Community Medical Center, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Avera Health Avera Mckennan Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Avera Health Avera Mckennan Hospital averages 1.6 TCR (21% 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 Health Avera Mckennan Hospital TCR series: 2018=1.2 · 2019=1.9 · BLS 7.5

Where Avera Health Avera Mckennan Hospital falls in its industry

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and establishments

Safer than 92% 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 #6 safest of 73 Hospitals, general medical and employers in South Dakota.

Avera Health Avera Mckennan Hospital (94 employees, TCR 1.6) 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 Health Avera Mckennan Hospital
Avera Health Avera Mckennan Hospital (94 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Avera Health Avera Mckennan 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
2019 1.9 0.0 2 0 0
2018 1.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · SD · Sioux Falls

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and surgical 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 Community Medical Center, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wayne County Hospital 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hancock County Hospital 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Shore Physicians Group 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dakota Stone Inc 94 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vermeer Freeman Manufacturing 94 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sturdevant Companies - 50 SAE Warehouse 94 FTE
STATE-SIZE CM17HCCllc 95 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 Orono ISD #278-Early Childhood Center 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ranger Oilfield Services Corporation 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Customer Service Group Olive Branch Velocity Center 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Grace Living Center-Tahlequah UNW 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lakewood Plant 94 FTE
NAT-SIZE Diamond Pet Foods-Lathrop 94 FTE
NAT-SIZE Broadway Healthcare Center 94 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mahan Homes 94 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: 2019, 2018. 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.