Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · South Dakota

Huron Elevator/Fertilizer

Huron, SD · ~27 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Huron Elevator/Fertilizer runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Huron Elevator/Fertilizer: 1.2 TCR = 54% of Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Huron Elevator/Fertilizer safety composite

Huron Elevator/Fertilizer scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Huron Elevator/Fertilizer: 0.0 → 4.3 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 3.66× in 2022

Huron Elevator/Fertilizer's TCR rose 4.3 from 0.0 in 2017 to 4.3 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 3.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424510 · Huron, SD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.2 · 54% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #2/16
  • PHOTO Five Star Cooperative
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Five Star Cooperative (0.0 TCR gap)

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Huron Elevator/Fertilizer in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Huron Elevator/Fertilizer averages 1.2 TCR (54% of the Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Huron Elevator/Fertilizer TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Huron Elevator/Fertilizer falls in its industry

399 Grain and Field Bean Merchant establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

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 16 Grain and Field Bean Merchant employers in South Dakota.

Huron Elevator/Fertilizer (27 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 10203040506070 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Huron Elevator/Fertilizer
Huron Elevator/Fertilizer (27 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Huron Elevator/Fertilizer has fewer employees than the Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesaler median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2022 4.3 4.3 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424510 · SD · Huron

399 Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers 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 Five Star Cooperative 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Millsboro Grain Facility 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Beech Grove Grain Elevator 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Garrison Main Office 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Continental Resources - Buffalo, SD 27 FTE
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
CITY-NEAR Dakota Provisions 902 FTE
CITY-NEAR Huron Regional Medical Center 343 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3853 252 FTE
CITY-NEAR Huron Area Center for Independence 246 FTE
NAT-TCR BRH Garver Construction 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Bergey's Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Fresh Valley Foods Corporation 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Moore's Creek Waste Water Plant 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sequin Lumber Company-Bay City 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE PMW - Frankfort 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rockside Equipment 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE C&B Utilities 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.