Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) · South Dakota

Dakota Carriers, Inc

Sioux Falls, SD · ~76 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dakota Carriers, Inc runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade A.

Dakota Carriers, Inc: 1.2 TCR = 26% of Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dakota Carriers, Inc safety composite

Dakota Carriers, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

C

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−0.4

2016→2024

Dakota Carriers, Inc injury rate improved

Dakota Carriers, Inc's TCR fell 0.4 from 1.4 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.4 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Sioux Falls, SD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 26% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #2/12
  • PHOTO Mill Corporation
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mill Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dakota Carriers, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dakota Carriers, Inc averages 1.2 TCR (26% of the Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

Dakota Carriers, Inc TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=1 · BLS 4.5

Where Dakota Carriers, Inc falls in its industry

3,252 Trucking, general freight, lon establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 12 Trucking, general freight, lon employers in South Dakota.

Dakota Carriers, Inc (76 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Dakota Carriers, Inc
Dakota Carriers, Inc (76 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Dakota Carriers, Inc has more employees than the Trucking, general freight, long-distance median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2021 2.1 2.1 2 0 0
2020 2.3 1.1 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 1.5 0.0 1 0 0
2016 1.4 1.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · SD · Sioux Falls

3,252 Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 542 employers in Sioux Falls, 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 Mill Corporation 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carter Express - Andersonville, TN 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dot Transportation, Inc. Bear, Delaware 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Anniston West Warehouse 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Paradigm Construction 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Puetz Corporation 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bowes Construction, Inc 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pivotal Health Solutions Watertown 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR SD,Sioux Falls-Medical Center Campus-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 6,424 FTE
CITY-NEAR SD,SIOUX FALLS - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 4,818 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield Foods 3,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Avera McKennan Hospital 3,312 FTE
NAT-TCR Burton Industries 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 7 Oser 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Kam-Way Transportation 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Casino Creek Concrete, Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pfister Bulk Transport 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Landmark of Collins 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plant 4- Lake Air 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Miken Sports 76 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.