Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing · South Dakota

Dakota Provisions

Huron, SD · ~902 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dakota Provisions runs at 215% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing workplace, earning a grade F.

Dakota Provisions: 7.1 TCR = 215% of Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dakota Provisions safety composite

Dakota Provisions scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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 7.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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 Provisions: 5.7 → 6.7 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 9.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.11× in 2023

Dakota Provisions's TCR rose 1.0 from 5.7 in 2016 to 6.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Huron, SD ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 215% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK P19
  • PHOTO Green Forest Plant
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 335 inj
  • SIZE ~902 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Green Forest Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dakota Provisions in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dakota Provisions averages 7.1 TCR (215% of the Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing BLS benchmark).

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

Dakota Provisions TCR series: 2016=5.7 · 2017=6.3 · 2018=6.2 · 2020=9.3 · 2021=8.4 · 2023=6.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Dakota Provisions falls in its industry

509 Poultry slaughtering, dressing establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Dakota Provisions (902 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Dakota Provisions
Dakota Provisions (902 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Dakota Provisions has more employees than the Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and pack median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2023 6.7 0.8 30 20 0
2021 8.4 2.0 72 0 0
2020 9.3 6.9 73 0 0
2018 6.2 3.3 58 9 0
2017 6.3 2.6 56 7 0
2016 5.7 3.7 46 7 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · SD · Huron

509 Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 43 employers in Huron, 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 Green Forest Plant 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR DECATUR PROCESSING 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amick Farms, LLC MD Processing Plant 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Liberty Foods Tremonton 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE US01 Alpena Links Snacks Inc. 1,021 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jack Links Alpena Plant 778 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Angus, LLC dba DemKota Ranch Beef 761 FTE
STATE-SIZE Avera St. Luke's Hospital 758 FTE
CITY-NEAR Huron Regional Medical Center 343 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3853 252 FTE
CITY-NEAR Huron Area Center for Independence 246 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3853 221 FTE
NAT-TCR Parts Authority El Cajon 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Southwest Elem School 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Cardinal Health 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Quikrete - Slc 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE West Marion Community Hospital 902 FTE
NAT-SIZE Magna Mirrors- Newaygo 902 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6795-86080B0199 902 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pacas - Carlisle 902 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, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 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.