Distribution of electric power · South Dakota

Black Hills Electric Cooperative

Custer, SD · ~28 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Black Hills Electric Cooperative runs at 477% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade F.

Black Hills Electric Cooperative: 5.7 TCR = 477% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Black Hills Electric Cooperative safety composite

Black Hills Electric Cooperative scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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).

D

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−7.5

2017→2024

Black Hills Electric Cooperative injury rate improved

Black Hills Electric Cooperative's TCR fell 7.5 from 7.5 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 14.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.5 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=14.1 · 2020=6.4 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=6.5 · 2023=7.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Custer, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.7 · 477% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/17
  • PHOTO STOCKTON OFFICE & SE…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: STOCKTON OFFICE & SERVICE CTR (0.0 TCR gap)

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Black Hills Electric Cooperative in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Black Hills Electric Cooperative averages 5.7 TCR (477% of the Distribution of electric power BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Black Hills Electric Cooperative TCR series: 2017=7.5 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=14.1 · 2020=6.4 · 2021=0 · 2022=6.5 · 2023=7.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Black Hills Electric Cooperative falls in its industry

2,958 Distribution of electric power establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 17 Distribution of electric power employers in South Dakota.

Black Hills Electric Cooperative (28 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Black Hills Electric Cooperative
Black Hills Electric Cooperative (28 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Black Hills Electric Cooperative has fewer employees than the Distribution of electric power median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 7.5 3.8 2 0 0
2022 6.5 0.0 1 1 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 6.4 6.4 2 0 0
2019 14.1 10.6 4 0 0
2018 3.8 0.0 1 0 0
2017 7.5 0.0 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · SD · Custer

2,958 Distribution of electric power employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 5 employers in Custer, 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 STOCKTON OFFICE & SERVICE CTR 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Berlin Office 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR City Utilities Commission 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Deer Creek Station 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southwoods 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Timmons Construction Inc. 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Barricades 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Custer State Park 198 FTE
CITY-NEAR Regional Health Custer Hospital 81 FTE
CITY-NEAR Regional Health Care Center Custer 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR 27144 STORE 27144 25 FTE
NAT-TCR Rollins Excavating Co., LLC 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR New Britain 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Irish Electric Corp. 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Del Monte Foods, Inc. Yakima Plant 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE American Yazaki Corporation 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sunrise ADT 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE The B&B Albany Pallet Company 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Emerson Hardwood Company- Main Wholesale Location 28 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.