Hospitals, general medical and surgical · South Dakota

Avera McKennan Hospital

Sioux Falls, SD · ~3,312 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Avera McKennan Hospital runs at 69% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade B.

Avera McKennan Hospital: 5.2 TCR = 69% of Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS 7.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Avera McKennan Hospital safety composite

Avera McKennan Hospital scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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).

D

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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

−1.8

2016→2024

Avera McKennan Hospital injury rate improved

Avera McKennan Hospital's TCR fell 1.8 from 6.0 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.0 · 2017=5.7 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=6.0 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=4.0 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 5.2 · 69% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #45/73
  • PHOTO Memorial Hermann Sou…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 1,265 inj
  • SIZE ~3,312 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)

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Avera McKennan Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Avera McKennan Hospital averages 5.2 TCR (69% 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 McKennan Hospital TCR series: 2016=6 · 2017=5.7 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=6 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=4 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 7.5

Where Avera McKennan Hospital falls in its industry

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and establishments

Safer than 50% 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 #45 safest of 73 Hospitals, general medical and employers in South Dakota.

Avera McKennan Hospital (3,312 employees, TCR 5.2) 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 McKennan Hospital
Avera McKennan Hospital (3,312 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Avera McKennan Hospital has more employees than the Hospitals, general medical and surgical median and a higher 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 4.2 1.0 150 3 0
2023 4.3 0.9 147 2 0
2022 5.5 1.5 158 25 0
2021 4.0 1.1 110 3 0
2020 5.3 1.6 140 6 0
2019 6.0 1.6 153 1 1
2018 5.9 1.2 138 0 0
2017 5.7 2.0 133 0 0
2016 6.0 1.6 136 1 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 Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Baptist Health Medical Center - Hot Spring County 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR McKenzie County Healthcare Systems Inc. 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mercy Health St Elizabeth Health Hospital 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Smithfield Foods 3,459 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rapid City Hospital 2,320 FTE
STATE-SIZE SD,SIOUX FALLS - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 4,818 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Western Bank 1,658 FTE
CITY-NEAR SD,Sioux Falls-Medical Center Campus-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 6,424 FTE
CITY-NEAR SD,Sioux Falls-Business Center-Office Administrative Services 1,421 FTE
CITY-NEAR SD,SIOUX FALLS - Medical Center Campus - Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 1,412 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - FSD1 1,170 FTE
NAT-TCR Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sioux City Truck & Trailer Inc 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Airlite Plastics Co. Cold Chain 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR JAC 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE 521 Northridge Distribution 3,312 FTE
NAT-SIZE North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : PHX6 3,311 FTE
NAT-SIZE Indian Prairie School District 204 3,309 FTE
NAT-SIZE Promedica Downtown Headquarters 3,308 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.