Produce Dairy Feed and Renewable Products · South Dakota
Novita Nutrition, LLC
Brookings, SD · ~55 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.9
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Novita Nutrition, LLC runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Produce Dairy Feed and Renewable Products workplace, earning a grade C.
Novita Nutrition, LLC: 3.3 TCR = 85% of Produce Dairy Feed and Renewable Products BLS 3.9 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Novita Nutrition, LLC safety composite
Novita Nutrition, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
61/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 76% 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
Novita Nutrition, LLC: 0.0 → 1.5 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 8.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Novita Nutrition, LLC's TCR rose 1.5 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311119 · Brookings, SD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 85% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #9/14
- PHOTO K&L Feeds
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~55 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: K&L Feeds (0.0 TCR gap)
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Novita Nutrition, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Novita Nutrition, LLC
3.3 TCR
- K&L Feeds
K&L Feeds
3.3 TCR
- Cargill Animal
Cargill Animal Nutrition Albany, NY
3.3 TCR
- Buckley Brothe
Buckley Brothers Inc
3.3 TCR
- Elkin Feedmill
Elkin Feedmill
3.3 TCR
What this shows Novita Nutrition, LLC averages 3.3 TCR (85% of the Produce Dairy Feed and Renewable Products BLS benchmark).
Novita Nutrition, LLC TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=7 · 2019=8.8 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 3.9
Where Novita Nutrition, LLC falls in its industry
756 Produce Dairy Feed and Renewab establishmentsSafer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 14 Produce Dairy Feed and Renewab employers in South Dakota.
Novita Nutrition, LLC has more employees than the Produce Dairy Feed and Renewable Product 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 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.8 | 5.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311119 · SD · Brookings
756 Produce Dairy Feed and Renewable Products employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 59 employers in Brookings, 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 | K&L Feeds | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cargill Animal Nutrition Albany, NY | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Buckley Brothers Inc | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Elkin Feedmill | 3.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Highmark Erectors | 55 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Guarantee Roofing & Sheet Metal of SD, Inc. | 55 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Trail-Eze Inc - Main Site Mitchell | 55 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Showplace Wood Products - Beresford | 55 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SD01-DAKT-SOUTH DAKOTA BROOKINGS | 1,406 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Brookings | 1,154 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1538 | 379 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Larson Mfg. LLC | 378 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Elem School | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Telamon Corporation - Bensalem | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | HMP Nursing Services,Inc. | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | White River Valley Electric Cooperative inc. | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | St. Joseph | 55 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Maximus Minimus | 55 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | tkSCS Chattanooga Containment | 55 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 2540-Marriott Milwaukee | 55 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.