Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · South Dakota

Mellette

Mellette, SD · ~31 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mellette runs at 225% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Mellette: 4.9 TCR = 225% of Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mellette safety composite

Mellette scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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%).

TCR Δ

−11.6

2017→2024

Mellette injury rate improved

Mellette's TCR fell 11.6 from 11.6 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.6 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=6.0 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=4.2 · 2022=5.0 · 2023=4.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424510 · Mellette, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.9 · 225% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/16
  • PHOTO Elkhorn Fert
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Elkhorn Fert (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mellette in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mellette averages 4.9 TCR (225% 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

Mellette TCR series: 2017=11.6 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=6 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=4.2 · 2022=5 · 2023=4 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Mellette falls in its industry

399 Grain and Field Bean Merchant establishments

Safer than 30% 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 #10 safest of 16 Grain and Field Bean Merchant employers in South Dakota.

Mellette (31 employees, TCR 4.9) 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 Mellette
Mellette (31 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Mellette has more employees than the Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesaler median and a higher 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2022 5.0 0.0 1 0 0
2021 4.2 0.0 1 0 0
2020 3.4 0.0 1 0 0
2019 6.0 3.0 2 0 0
2018 5.4 0.0 2 0 0
2017 11.6 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424510 · SD · Mellette

399 Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 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 Elkhorn Fert 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wholesale/Retail/Feed Mill 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maplehurst Farms, Inc. - Main Farm 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Loomis Main 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Howard Farmers Coop 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE NORTHERN ELECTRIC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tru-Form Construction, Inc. 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rapid Packaging Company Inc. 31 FTE
NAT-TCR 015-IND 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Care Center of Aberdeen 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR C.H. & D. Enterprises, Inc. 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Silver Springs 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gateside, Inc. 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE J & J Ag Products, Inc 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hi-Ball Trucking 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Behr Paint Company Denver Distribution 31 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.