Nursing homes · South Dakota

Prairie Estates Care Center and WEL-Life at Elk Point

Elk Point, SD · ~34 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
28.5
Avg TCR
6.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Prairie Estates Care Center and WEL-Life at Elk Point runs at 439% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Nursing homes workplace, earning a grade F.

Prairie Estates Care Center and WEL-Life at Elk Point: 28.5 TCR = 439% of Nursing homes BLS 6.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Prairie Estates Care Center and WEL-Life at Elk Point safety composite

Prairie Estates Care Center and WEL-Life at Elk Point scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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).

F

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 28.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 32.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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%).

Prairie Estates Care Center and WEL-Life at Elk Point held a steady TCR band

Prairie Estates Care Center and WEL-Life at Elk Point's TCR held near 0.3 from 38.8 in 2018 to 38.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 38.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 1.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=38.8 · 2019=8.3 · 2020=38.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623110 · Elk Point, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 28.5 · 439% of ind

  • DART 33.0 DART
  • RANK #107/107
  • PHOTO Aperion Care Arbors
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Aperion Care Arbors (0.0 TCR gap)

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Prairie Estates Care Center and WEL-Life at Elk Point in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Prairie Estates Care Center and WEL-Life at Elk Point averages 28.5 TCR (439% of the Nursing homes BLS benchmark).

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

Prairie Estates Care Center and WEL-Life at Elk Point TCR series: 2018=38.8 · 2019=8.3 · 2020=38.4 · BLS 6.5

Where Prairie Estates Care Center and WEL-Life at Elk Point falls in its industry

15,252 Nursing homes establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #107 safest of 107 Nursing homes employers in South Dakota.

Prairie Estates Care Center and WEL-Life at Elk Point (34 employees, TCR 28.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 106 employees and a TCR of 6.6 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 0100200300400 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Prairie Estates Care Center and WEL-Life at Elk Point
Prairie Estates Care Center and WEL-Life at Elk Point (34 employees, TCR 28.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 106 employees and a TCR of 6.6

Prairie Estates Care Center and WEL-Life at Elk Point has fewer employees than the Nursing homes median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.6. 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
2020 38.4 33.0 1 6 0
2019 8.3 4.2 2 0 0
2018 38.8 25.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623110 · SD · Elk Point

15,252 Nursing homes employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 8 employers in Elk Point, 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 Aperion Care Arbors 28.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Traditions of Dedham 28.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Urbana Health and Rehab 28.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Complete Care Bey Lea 28.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lakeside Dairy, LLC - LDL230 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rapid City Service Center 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE MAC Construction Co., Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Sioux City 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thermobond Buildings Elk Point 150 FTE
CITY-NEAR Load King Elk Point, South Dakota 95 FTE
CITY-NEAR aaladin industries 80 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thermo Bond Buildings, LLC 75 FTE
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0539 New York 28.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Brunswick Store 28.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZSTL 28.5 TCR
NAT-TCR The Resource Center - Harris Avenue 28.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lafayette LA 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pueblo Retirement Community LLC dba Primrose of Pueblo 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Fountains Assisted Living 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Morningside of Sumter 34 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.