Buffet eating places · South Dakota

Golden Corral #778

Rapid City, SD · ~50 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Golden Corral #778 runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Buffet eating places workplace, earning a grade C.

Golden Corral #778: 2.7 TCR = 89% of Buffet eating places BLS 3.0 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Golden Corral #778 safety composite

Golden Corral #778 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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%).

Golden Corral #778 held a steady TCR band

Golden Corral #778's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.0 · 2020=8.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722514 · Rapid City, SD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 89% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P68
  • PHOTO Golden Corral 822
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Golden Corral 822 (0.1 TCR gap)

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Golden Corral #778 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Golden Corral #778 averages 2.7 TCR (89% of the Buffet eating places BLS benchmark).

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

Golden Corral #778 TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=8 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.0

Where Golden Corral #778 falls in its industry

31 Buffet eating places establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Golden Corral #778 (50 employees, TCR 2.7) among 9 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 10 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 0100200300400500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Golden Corral 2605JBLM - McChord Food ServicesShady Maple SmorgasbordGolden Corral 2464Bedford CountySchools Bedford County School Food SvcsGolden Corral 584Pinnacle ClubGolden Corral 590Golden Corral 751Golden Corral #778
Golden Corral #778 (50 employees, TCR 2.7) among 9 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Golden Corral #778 has fewer employees than the Buffet eating places median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 8.0 4.0 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722514 · SD · Rapid City

31 Buffet eating places employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 219 employers in Rapid City, 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 Golden Corral 822 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Smok'n Pig-Macon Mall 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bedford CountySchools Bedford County School Food Svcs 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Golden Corral 590 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mustang Seeds, Inc. 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jensen Rock & Sand Aberdeen 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sterling Technology 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michael Foods - NPE Flandreau 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rapid City Hospital 2,320 FTE
CITY-NEAR Black Hills Works 683 FTE
CITY-NEAR Black Hills Corp. Headquarters (SD006) 590 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1604 513 FTE
NAT-TCR Drury Development Corporation 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sutter Medical Foundation (185-310) 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Mountain Communities Healthcare District 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR The Landings of Kaukauna 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE S03992 - South Bend Hauling 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Side Elementary 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arthur Funk & Sons, Inc. 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Country View Manor 50 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.