Gas, mixed natural and manufactured, production and distribution · South Dakota

Montana Dakota Utilities - Rapid City, SD

Rapid City, SD · ~36 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Montana Dakota Utilities - Rapid City, SD runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Gas, mixed natural and manufactured, production and distribution workplace, earning a grade D.

Montana Dakota Utilities - Rapid City, SD: 2.0 TCR = 167% of Gas, mixed natural and manufactured, production and distribution BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Montana Dakota Utilities - Rapid City, SD safety composite

Montana Dakota Utilities - Rapid City, SD scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.0

2019→2021

Montana Dakota Utilities - Rapid City, SD injury rate improved

Montana Dakota Utilities - Rapid City, SD's TCR fell 3.0 from 3.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.0 · 2020=3.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Rapid City, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.0 · 167% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P61
  • PHOTO ONG WR MUSTANG SC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ONG WR MUSTANG SC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Montana Dakota Utilities - Rapid City, SD in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Montana Dakota Utilities - Rapid City, SD averages 2.0 TCR (167% of the Gas, mixed natural and manufactured, production and distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Montana Dakota Utilities - Rapid City, SD TCR series: 2019=3 · 2020=3 · 2021=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Montana Dakota Utilities - Rapid City, SD falls in its industry

1,153 Gas, mixed natural and manufac establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Montana Dakota Utilities - Rapid City, SD (36 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Montana Dakota Utilities - Rapid City, SD
Montana Dakota Utilities - Rapid City, SD (36 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Montana Dakota Utilities - Rapid City, SD has fewer employees than the Gas, mixed natural and manufactured, pro median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2019 3.0 3.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · SD · Rapid City

1,153 Gas, mixed natural and manufactured, production and distribution 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 ONG WR MUSTANG SC 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 105-NiSource-Hammond IN-Operating HQ 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR EL PASO TX SC N 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SOUTH RALEIGH OPERATIONS 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Golden Dakota Farms LLC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jensen Masonry, Inc. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE PrairieSons 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ingredients - Cheese - Pollock SD 36 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 Hubbard Construction Group Hq 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Rural Resources Community Action 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ridgefield Sales Office 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Veritas Steel- Eau Claire 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Caraustar Phoenix Tube Plant 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Farmers Branch 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Foam Fabricators, Inc 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE SSNA - 301 Mid America Blvd. 36 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.