Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding · South Dakota

Avera Prairie Center

Name: Avera Prairie Center Workplace Safety Data
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Sioux Falls, SD · ~385 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.0
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Avera Prairie Center runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding workplace, earning a grade D.

Avera Prairie Center: 5.0 TCR = 132% of Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Avera Prairie Center safety composite

Avera Prairie Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 5.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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 Prairie Center: 2.9 → 6.5 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 6.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.18× in 2018

Avera Prairie Center's TCR rose 3.6 from 2.9 in 2016 to 6.5 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621493 · Sioux Falls, SD ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 132% of ind

DART 0.9 DART
RANK #2/5
PHOTO Pacific Surgery Cent…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 49 inj
SIZE ~385 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pacific Surgery Center, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Avera Prairie Center averages 5.0 TCR (132% of the Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding BLS benchmark).

Avera Prairie Center TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2017=5.7 · 2018=6.5 · BLS 3.8

Where Avera Prairie Center falls in its industry

498 Ambulatory surgical centers an establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Ambulatory surgical centers an employers in South Dakota.

Avera Prairie Center (385 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Avera Prairie Center has more employees than the Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.2. 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
2018	6.5	0.9	22
2017	5.7	1.9	18
2016	2.9	1.6	9

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621493 · SD · Sioux Falls

498 Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Pacific Surgery Center, LLC	OMAHA, NE	5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Peterson Urgent Care	KERRVILLE, TX	5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	South Campus Surgery Center	INDIANAPOLILS, IN	5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Carmel Ambulatory Surgery Center	CARMEL, IN	5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	SD,Sioux Falls-Pentagon-Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities	SIOUX FALLS	385 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1535	SIOUX FALLS	383 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Aberdeen Medical Center	ABERDEEN	389 FTE
STATE-SIZE	RNS-NSC	N. SIOUX CITY	390 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SD,Sioux Falls-Medical Center Campus-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	Sioux Falls	6,424 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SD,SIOUX FALLS - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	Sioux Falls	4,818 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Smithfield Foods	Sioux Falls	3,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Avera McKennan Hospital	Sioux Falls	3,312 FTE
NAT-TCR	Republic National Distributing Company 11	Louisville, KY	5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	RIL/CVS	Bessemer, AL	5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Good Samaritan Society - Mt. Carroll	Mt. Carroll, IL	5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hughston Hospital	Columbus, GA	5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Shire: Exton	Exton, PA	385 FTE
NAT-SIZE	City Hall-PW	Long Beach, CA	385 FTE
NAT-SIZE	2415-Live Answer - Regional Centers	Charlotte, NC	385 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Psl 131	Marshall, AR	385 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.