General medical and surgical hospitals · South Dakota
Avera St. Luke's Hospital
Aberdeen, SD · ~758 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 5.9
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Avera St. Luke's Hospital runs at 79% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade B.
Avera St. Luke's Hospital: 5.9 TCR = 79% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Avera St. Luke's Hospital safety composite
Avera St. Luke's Hospital scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 21% 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
−1.6
2016→2024
Avera St. Luke's Hospital injury rate improved
Avera St. Luke's Hospital's TCR fell 1.6 from 8.1 in 2016 to 6.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=8.1 · 2017=8.4 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=7.0 · 2020=5.8 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=6.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Aberdeen, SD AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 5.9 · 79% of ind
- DART 3.5 DART
- RANK #51/73
- PHOTO AdventHealth Henders…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 290 inj
- SIZE ~758 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: AdventHealth Hendersonville (0.0 TCR gap)
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Avera St. Luke's Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Avera St. Luke's Hospital
5.9 TCR
- AdventHealth H
AdventHealth Hendersonville
5.9 TCR
- Bronson Method
Bronson Methodist Hospital
5.9 TCR
- Sevier Valley
Sevier Valley Hospital
5.9 TCR
- Mercy Hospital
Mercy Hospital Anderson
5.9 TCR
What this shows Avera St. Luke's Hospital averages 5.9 TCR (79% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).
Avera St. Luke's Hospital TCR series: 2016=8.1 · 2017=8.4 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=7 · 2020=5.8 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=6.5 · BLS 7.5
Where Avera St. Luke's Hospital falls in its industry
6,862 General medical and surgical h establishmentsSafer than 39% 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 #51 safest of 73 General medical and surgical h employers in South Dakota.
Avera St. Luke's Hospital has more employees than the General medical and surgical hospitals 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 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 37 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.9 | 2.7 | 24 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 29 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.0 | 1.2 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.4 | 1.4 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8.1 | 1.3 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · SD · Aberdeen
6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 86 employers in Aberdeen, 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 | AdventHealth Hendersonville | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bronson Methodist Hospital | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sevier Valley Hospital | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mercy Hospital Anderson | 5.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | New Angus, LLC dba DemKota Ranch Beef | 761 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Jack Links Alpena Plant | 778 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Aberdeen | 716 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Black Hills Works | 683 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1520 | 397 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Aberdeen Medical Center | 389 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1520 | 367 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Molded Fiber Glass of South Dakota | 363 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Sunfield Inc. | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mercy Hospital Anderson | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mathews Company | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Burrs Rd - 101 Burrs Road Office Center, Bldg 2 | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - DFW8 | 758 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Stryten Salina LLC | 758 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BayCare Ambulatory Svcs (0015) | 758 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kenton OH | 758 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.