Hospitals, general medical and surgical · South Dakota

Avera Milbank Area Hospital

Milbank, SD · ~98 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Avera Milbank Area Hospital runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade B.

Avera Milbank Area Hospital: 4.5 TCR = 60% of Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS 7.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Avera Milbank Area Hospital safety composite

Avera Milbank Area Hospital scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 91% 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.7

2016→2024

Avera Milbank Area Hospital injury rate improved

Avera Milbank Area Hospital's TCR fell 4.7 from 5.9 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.9 · 2017=11.6 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=9.9 · 2024=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 4.5 · 60% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #33/73
  • PHOTO Spencer Hospital
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~98 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Spencer Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)

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Avera Milbank Area Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Avera Milbank Area Hospital averages 4.5 TCR (60% 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 Milbank Area Hospital TCR series: 2016=5.9 · 2017=11.6 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=9.9 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 7.5

Where Avera Milbank Area Hospital falls in its industry

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and establishments

Safer than 60% 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 #33 safest of 73 Hospitals, general medical and employers in South Dakota.

Avera Milbank Area Hospital (98 employees, TCR 4.5) 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 Milbank Area Hospital
Avera Milbank Area Hospital (98 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Avera Milbank 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 1.2 0.0 1 0 0
2023 9.9 5.0 7 1 0
2022 4.7 0.0 4 0 0
2021 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2020 2.3 0.0 2 0 0
2019 3.5 0.0 3 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 11.6 2.6 9 0 0
2016 5.9 3.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · SD · Milbank

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and surgical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 14 employers in Milbank, 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 Spencer Hospital 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Methodist Richardson Medical Center 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR FLPEN42 ASCENSION SACRED HEART EMERALD COAST HOSP 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 61830001 METHODIST HOSPITAL 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sioux Steel Company 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jensen Rock & Sand 97 FTE
STATE-SIZE Henry Carlson Construction 99 FTE
STATE-SIZE Volga 99 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc. 320 FTE
CITY-NEAR United Hardware Distributing Co - Distribution Center 190 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dakota Stone Inc 94 FTE
CITY-NEAR Avantara Milbank 76 FTE
NAT-TCR Dinesol Plastics Inc-Niles 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Bags, Inc. 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Judson 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sucursal Cupey 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Owens & Minor Detroit 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Canonsburg Shop 'n Save 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roanoke (BAMG) 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Noble Industries, Inc. 98 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.