General medical and surgical hospitals · South Dakota
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital
Yankton, SD · ~541 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 4.9
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade B.
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital: 4.9 TCR = 65% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital safety composite
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).
40/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.89 per 100 workers
Safer than 54% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.12 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% 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 Sacred Heart Hospital: 5.2 → 6.9 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 6.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.84× in 2024
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital's TCR rose 1.7 from 5.2 in 2016 to 6.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Yankton, SD AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 4.9 · 65% of ind
- DART 4.1 DART
- RANK #40/73
- PHOTO Dr. P. Phillips Hosp…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 130 inj
- SIZE ~541 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Dr. P. Phillips Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)
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Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital
4.9 TCR
- Dr. P. Phillip
Dr. P. Phillips Hospital
4.9 TCR
- Havasu Regiona
Havasu Regional Medical Center
4.9 TCR
- Exeter Hospita
Exeter Hospital
4.9 TCR
- Holy Cross Hos
Holy Cross Hospital-Silver Spring-HCH-MD
4.9 TCR
What this shows Avera Sacred Heart Hospital averages 4.9 TCR (65% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2017=6.9 · 2018=4.5 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=6.9 · BLS 7.5
Where Avera Sacred Heart Hospital falls in its industry
6,862 General medical and surgical h establishmentsSafer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 73 General medical and surgical h employers in South Dakota.
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital has more employees than the General medical and surgical hospitals 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 | 6.9 | 4.1 | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.9 | 1.9 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.2 | 1.7 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · SD · Yankton
6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 43 employers in Yankton, 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 | Dr. P. Phillips Hospital | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Havasu Regional Medical Center | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Exeter Hospital | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Holy Cross Hospital-Silver Spring-HCH-MD | 4.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota | 534 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | StarMark Cabinetry | 554 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Embassy Suites by Hilton Myrtle Beach | 558 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Avera Sacred Heart Hospital Campus | 522 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FPC Yankton | 458 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kolberg-Pioneer, Inc. | 449 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hydro Yankton | 415 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hydro - Yankton | 413 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Claremont Rehab Consol | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dale R Yox Inc | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Audeamus Fresno | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Detwiler'S Operations, Inc | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Agi Mia | 541 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | KARL STORZ - Charlton | 541 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mercy Hospital Ada | 541 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Raynor Garage Doors | 541 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.