Couriers and Express Delivery Services · South Dakota

Sdstu - Sturgis

Sturgis, SD · ~52 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
6.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

Sdstu - Sturgis runs at 108% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Couriers and Express Delivery Services workplace, earning a grade C.

Sdstu - Sturgis: 7.0 TCR = 108% of Couriers and Express Delivery Services BLS 6.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sdstu - Sturgis safety composite

Sdstu - Sturgis scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% 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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 6.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
C 5.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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

−4.4

2019→2024

Sdstu - Sturgis injury rate improved

Sdstu - Sturgis's TCR fell 4.4 from 9.7 in 2019 to 5.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 9.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=9.7 · 2020=5.8 · 2021=7.9 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=7.9 · 2024=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 492110 · Sturgis, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 7.0 · 108% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #13/35
  • PHOTO Courier Vault Services
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Courier Vault Services (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · South Dakota employers → · Look up another →

Sdstu - Sturgis in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sdstu - Sturgis averages 7.0 TCR (108% of the Couriers and Express Delivery Services BLS benchmark).

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

Sdstu - Sturgis TCR series: 2019=9.7 · 2020=5.8 · 2021=7.9 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=7.9 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 6.5

Where Sdstu - Sturgis falls in its industry

6,679 Couriers and Express Delivery establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 35 Couriers and Express Delivery employers in South Dakota.

Sdstu - Sturgis (52 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 8.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Sdstu - Sturgis
Sdstu - Sturgis (52 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 8.0

Sdstu - Sturgis has fewer employees than the Couriers and Express Delivery Services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 8.0. 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 5.3 5.3 2 0 0
2023 7.9 7.9 3 0 0
2022 5.3 5.3 2 0 0
2021 7.9 5.3 3 0 0
2020 5.8 5.8 2 0 0
2019 9.7 9.7 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

492110 · SD · Sturgis

6,679 Couriers and Express Delivery Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 14 employers in Sturgis, 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 Courier Vault Services 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR FedEx 3525 AIR COMMERCE DRIVE 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fleet: Aurora SDO 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR BOS - DHL 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE WL Plastics - Rapid City 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE 27106 Independence Ave 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE SXF-ODFL 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE DAKOTA CENTRAL_1441151 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sturgis Hospital 200 FTE
CITY-NEAR CBH Head Office 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR CBH Strugis C Store 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR STURGIS (SDSTU) 36 FTE
NAT-TCR FV Clinics-Rogers 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Golden Oaks Village of Stillwater, LLC 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Porta-Dock, Inc. 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Costr - Sterling 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Palew - Lewistown 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Txple - Pleasanton 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ingyy - Gary Gateway 52 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. 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.