General medical and surgical hospitals · South Dakota
Avera Westkota Memorial Hospital
Wessington Springs, SD · ~23 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.7
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Avera Westkota Memorial Hospital runs at 23% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade A.
Avera Westkota Memorial Hospital: 1.7 TCR = 23% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Avera Westkota Memorial Hospital safety composite
Avera Westkota Memorial Hospital scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).
53/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 1.71 per 100 workers
Safer than 91% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.12 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% 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 Westkota Memorial Hospital: 0.0 → 5.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 5.1 TCR · DART/TCR 2.99× in 2024
Avera Westkota Memorial Hospital's TCR rose 5.1 from 0.0 in 2022 to 5.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Wessington Springs, SD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 1.7 · 23% of ind
- DART 5.1 DART
- RANK #7/73
- PHOTO Children's Mercy - K…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~23 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Children's Mercy - Kansas (0.0 TCR gap)
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Avera Westkota Memorial Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Avera Westkota Memorial Hospital
1.7 TCR
- Children's Mer
Children's Mercy - Kansas
1.7 TCR
- Texas Health K
Texas Health Kaufman
1.7 TCR
- North Ottawa C
North Ottawa Community Hospital
1.7 TCR
- Nortwest Medic
Nortwest Medical Center Albany
1.7 TCR
What this shows Avera Westkota Memorial Hospital averages 1.7 TCR (23% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).
Avera Westkota Memorial Hospital TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 7.5
Where Avera Westkota Memorial Hospital falls in its industry
6,862 General medical and surgical h establishmentsSafer than 91% 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 #7 safest of 73 General medical and surgical h employers in South Dakota.
Avera Westkota Memorial Hospital has fewer 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 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · SD · Wessington Springs
6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 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 | Children's Mercy - Kansas | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Texas Health Kaufman | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | North Ottawa Community Hospital | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nortwest Medical Center Albany | 1.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Farmers Ag Center | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Menno | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rosebud Electric Cooperative | 23 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Avera Weskota Memorial Hospital | 26 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Spinnaker Contract Manufacturing INC. | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 34-IL | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | JM Smucker Co Orrville Plant | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | West | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | North America Corporate Distribution Center | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cooper Rail Service, Inc. | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | GSA Page | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Location 37005 | 23 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.