Animal feeds, prepared (except dog and cat), manufacturing · South Dakota

Jr Distributing Inc

Name: Jr Distributing Inc Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lake Norden, SD · ~49 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.0
Avg TCR: 3.9
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Jr Distributing Inc runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Animal feeds, prepared (except dog and cat), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Jr Distributing Inc: 1.0 TCR = 26% of Animal feeds, prepared (except dog and cat), manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Jr Distributing Inc safety composite

Jr Distributing Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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).

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 1 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

Jr Distributing Inc: 0.0 → 2.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.0 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2024

Jr Distributing Inc's TCR rose 2.0 from 0.0 in 2022 to 2.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311119 · Lake Norden, SD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 26% of ind

DART 2.0 DART
RANK #1/14
PHOTO Wenger Feeds - Esben…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wenger Feeds - Esbenshade Mill (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Jr Distributing Inc averages 1.0 TCR (26% of the Animal feeds, prepared (except dog and cat), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Jr Distributing Inc TCR series: 2022=0 · 2024=2 · BLS 3.9

Where Jr Distributing Inc falls in its industry

756 Animal feeds, prepared (except establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 14 Animal feeds, prepared (except employers in South Dakota.

Jr Distributing Inc (49 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Jr Distributing Inc has more employees than the Animal feeds, prepared (except dog and c median and a lower 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
2024	2.0	2.0	1	0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311119 · SD · Lake Norden

756 Animal feeds, prepared (except dog and cat), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 8 employers in Lake Norden, 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	Wenger Feeds - Esbenshade Mill	MOUNT JOY, PA	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cargill Animal Nutrition	LECOMPTE, LA	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hubbard Feeds - Botkins, OH	BOTKINS, OH	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Columbiana	COLUMBIANA, OH	1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	103544 - FERMI LBNF	LEAD	49 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dakotaland Feeds Huron	HURON	49 FTE
STATE-SIZE	TrueNorth Steel- Rapid City	RAPID CITY	49 FTE
STATE-SIZE	957 Rapid City	RAPID CITY	49 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Agropur Lake Norden	Lake Norden	433 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Agropur	Lake Norden	331 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lake Norden Cheese	Lake Norden	308 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Avantara Lake Norden	Lake Norden	64 FTE
NAT-TCR	Moonachie Distribution Centre	Moonachie, NJ	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Electric Power Constructors, Inc.	Anchorage, AK	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Premier Aerospace Group LLC	Dayton, OH	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Jackson County Government	Gainesboro, TN	1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Verne's Plumbing, Inc.	Buena Park, CA	49 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Westshore Mazda	Tampa, FL	49 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Porsche Tampa	Tampa, FL	49 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Duluth Campus	Duluth, MN	49 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, 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.