Hospitals, specialty (except psychiatric, substance abuse) · South Dakota

Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota

Sioux Falls, SD · ~534 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Hospitals, specialty (except psychiatric, substance abuse) workplace, earning a grade C.

Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota: 3.4 TCR = 90% of Hospitals, specialty (except psychiatric, substance abuse) BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota safety composite

Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.0

2022→2024

Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota injury rate improved

Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota's TCR fell 2.0 from 4.1 in 2022 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.1 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622310 · Sioux Falls, SD AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 90% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK #5/13
  • PHOTO 2253-H7644
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 38 inj
  • SIZE ~534 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2253-H7644 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota averages 3.4 TCR (90% of the Hospitals, specialty (except psychiatric, substance abuse) BLS benchmark).

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

Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota TCR series: 2022=4.1 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 3.8

Where Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota falls in its industry

1,390 Hospitals, specialty (except p establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.

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 13 Hospitals, specialty (except p employers in South Dakota.

Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota (534 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 160 employees and a TCR of 5.4 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota
Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota (534 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 160 employees and a TCR of 5.4

Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota has more employees than the Hospitals, specialty (except psychiatric median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.4. 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 2.1 0.4 11 0 0
2023 4.1 1.4 15 0 0
2022 4.1 1.5 12 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622310 · SD · Sioux Falls

1,390 Hospitals, specialty (except psychiatric, substance abuse) 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 2253-H7644 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR H4654 KH HOUSTON NORTHWEST 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Western MA 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Select Specialty Hospital - South Dakota 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Avera Sacred Heart Hospital 541 FTE
STATE-SIZE Avera Sacred Heart Hospital Campus 522 FTE
STATE-SIZE LifeScape - Adult Services 515 FTE
STATE-SIZE StarMark Cabinetry 554 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 True Value Company RDC - Springfield 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Utilities 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Rotary Corporation 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR HEXPOL Compounding NC Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Georgia Crown Distributing Co. 534 FTE
NAT-SIZE Medical Groups, Urgent Cares and Specialty Care 534 FTE
NAT-SIZE AWG, Pearl River 534 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nortek Okarche 534 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. 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.