Hydraulic hose fittings, fluid power, manufacturing · South Dakota

Dakota Fluid Power, Inc.

Name: Dakota Fluid Power, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Sioux Falls, SD · ~298 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Dakota Fluid Power, Inc. runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Hydraulic hose fittings, fluid power, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Dakota Fluid Power, Inc.: 1.6 TCR = 47% of Hydraulic hose fittings, fluid power, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dakota Fluid Power, Inc. safety composite

Dakota Fluid Power, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Dakota Fluid Power, Inc.: 1.4 → 1.8 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 1.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.16× in 2023

Dakota Fluid Power, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.4 from 1.4 in 2022 to 1.8 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332912 · Sioux Falls, SD AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 47% of ind

DART 0.3 DART
RANK P58
PHOTO Ross Operating Valve
BOOK 2y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~298 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ross Operating Valve (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.6
Motion Systems

1.6
Ross Operating

1.5
Auburn- Branch

1.5
Fluid Connecto

1.5

What this shows Dakota Fluid Power, Inc. averages 1.6 TCR (47% of the Hydraulic hose fittings, fluid power, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Dakota Fluid Power, Inc. TCR series: 2022=1.4 · 2023=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Dakota Fluid Power, Inc. falls in its industry

182 Hydraulic hose fittings, fluid establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Dakota Fluid Power, Inc. (298 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 88 employees and a TCR of 2.1

Dakota Fluid Power, Inc. has more employees than the Hydraulic hose fittings, fluid power, ma median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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
2023	1.8	0.3	7	0	0
2022	1.4	0.9	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332912 · SD · Sioux Falls

182 Hydraulic hose fittings, fluid power, manufacturing 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Ross Operating Valve	LAVONIA, GA	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Auburn- Branch 1	AUBURN, MA	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Motion Systems : Hicksville	HICKSVILLE, OH	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fluid Connectors : Chetek	CHETEK, WI	1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Filtration : Yankton	YANKTON	298 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2443	SIOUX FALLS	297 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Monument Health Spearfish Hospital	SPEARFISH	300 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Majestic Bluffs	YANKTON	300 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SD,Sioux Falls-Medical Center Campus-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	Sioux Falls	6,424 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SD,SIOUX FALLS - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	Sioux Falls	4,818 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Smithfield Foods	Sioux Falls	3,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Avera McKennan Hospital	Sioux Falls	3,312 FTE
NAT-TCR	Gainesville - Gv 3 - Cook Poultry/Sausag	Gainesville, GA	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ellwood Crankshaft and Machine	Hermitage, PA	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Jones Covey Group Inc,	Rancho Cucamonga, CA	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	L'Oreal NY	New York, NY	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Invincible Boat	Opa Locka, FL	298 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Andre Landscape Service, Inc.	Azusa, CA	298 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Whirlpool Corporation - Fall River	Fall River, MA	298 FTE
NAT-SIZE	SKF USA Inc. - Salt Lake City	West Valley City, UT	298 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: 2023, 2022. 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.