Blood analysis laboratories · South Dakota
MercyOne Dunes Medical Laboratory
Dakota Dunes, SD · ~22 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
MercyOne Dunes Medical Laboratory runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Blood analysis laboratories workplace, earning a grade C.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.4
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.8
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 2
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares MercyOne Dunes Medical Laboratory's OSHA Total Case Rate of 3.4 to the Blood analysis laboratories BLS benchmark of 3.8 (88% of benchmark) across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
MercyOne Dunes Medical Laboratory's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.8 industry benchmark.
Where MercyOne Dunes Medical Laboratory falls in its industry
189 Blood analysis laboratories establishmentsSafer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.
Trend analysis for MercyOne Dunes Medical Laboratory
Between 2020 and 2022, MercyOne Dunes Medical Laboratory's Total Case Rate improved from 5.2 to 4.9 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 7% decrease across 2 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2021, at a TCR of 0.0, while 2020 saw the highest rate, at 5.2, a spread of 5.2 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 3 reporting years, MercyOne Dunes Medical Laboratory recorded 2 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 3-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 2 injuries shown on this page for MercyOne Dunes Medical Laboratory are sourced from its own 3 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 621511 - Blood analysis laboratories.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2022)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 41,175 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Dunes Medical Laboratory (this establishment) | 3.35 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Testing laboratories, medical industry avg | 3.80 | BLS IIF, NAICS 621511 |
| South Dakota state avg (all industries) | 5.84 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by MercyOne Dunes Medical Laboratory to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2022: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on MercyOne Dunes Medical Laboratory's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Blood analysis laboratories peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 88% of the Blood analysis laboratories benchmark, MercyOne Dunes Medical Laboratory reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Blood analysis laboratories sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.