Petroleum, crude, production (i.e., extraction) · South Dakota

Continental Resources - Buffalo, SD

Buffalo, SD · ~27 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.9
Avg TCR
1.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Continental Resources - Buffalo, SD runs at 365% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Petroleum, crude, production (i.e., extraction) workplace, earning a grade F.

Continental Resources - Buffalo, SD: 6.9 TCR = 365% of Petroleum, crude, production (i.e., extraction) BLS 1.9 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Continental Resources - Buffalo, SD safety composite

Continental Resources - Buffalo, SD scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−9.4

2019→2021

Continental Resources - Buffalo, SD injury rate improved

Continental Resources - Buffalo, SD's TCR fell 9.4 from 9.4 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 11.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=9.4 · 2020=11.4 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 211111 · Buffalo, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 365% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P1
  • PHOTO Duncan Area Office
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Duncan Area Office (0.1 TCR gap)

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Continental Resources - Buffalo, SD in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Continental Resources - Buffalo, SD averages 6.9 TCR (365% of the Petroleum, crude, production (i.e., extraction) BLS benchmark).

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

Continental Resources - Buffalo, SD TCR series: 2019=9.4 · 2020=11.4 · 2021=0 · BLS 1.9

Where Continental Resources - Buffalo, SD falls in its industry

225 Petroleum, crude, production ( establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Continental Resources - Buffalo, SD (27 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 150 employees and a TCR of 0.9 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 05001,0001,500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Continental Resources - Buffalo, SD
Continental Resources - Buffalo, SD (27 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 150 employees and a TCR of 0.9

Continental Resources - Buffalo, SD has fewer employees than the Petroleum, crude, production (i.e., extr median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.9. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 11.4 7.6 3 0 0
2019 9.4 9.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

211111 · SD · Buffalo

225 Petroleum, crude, production (i.e., extraction) 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 Duncan Area Office 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Performance Operating NOC Shop 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Texas 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR KAUFFMAN WELL SERVICE, INC. 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sioux Valley Energy - Brandon 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Puetz Design + Build - Sioux Falls 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE H&W Contracting LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Engbarth Directional Drilling 27 FTE
NAT-TCR EIT Lansing Olds 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Gunderson Cleaners Inc 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR buybuy Baby Scarsdale 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 7021-Enphg-Saint Vincent College 6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bailey Bridge (#25) 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Craftsman Printers Inc 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midlothian Crossing (#24) 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Remlap Construction, Inc. 27 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.