Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) · South Dakota

Sioux Area Metro

Sioux Falls, SD · ~87 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sioux Area Metro runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) workplace, earning a grade B.

Sioux Area Metro: 3.4 TCR = 76% of Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sioux Area Metro safety composite

Sioux Area Metro scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Sioux Area Metro: 2.5 → 3.7 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 4.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.72× in 2023

Sioux Area Metro's TCR rose 1.2 from 2.5 in 2020 to 3.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485113 · Sioux Falls, SD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.4 · 76% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK P74
  • PHOTO 55431 Fort Bend County
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~87 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 55431 Fort Bend County (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sioux Area Metro in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sioux Area Metro averages 3.4 TCR (76% of the Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) BLS benchmark).

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

Sioux Area Metro TCR series: 2020=2.5 · 2021=4.9 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=3.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Sioux Area Metro falls in its industry

332 Bus transit systems (except mi establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Sioux Area Metro (87 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Sioux Area Metro
Sioux Area Metro (87 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Sioux Area Metro has fewer employees than the Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2023 3.7 2.5 3 0 0
2022 2.6 1.3 2 0 0
2021 4.9 4.9 4 0 0
2020 2.5 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485113 · SD · Sioux Falls

332 Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 542 employers in Sioux Falls, 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 55431 Fort Bend County 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Charlottesville - Transit 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 55854 Spring Street 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2662-7051 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE BHP - RC Service Center (SD012) 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE 104423 - Deuel Harvest Wind Farm 300MW 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Horizontal Machining & Mfg. Inc. 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vermeer Corporation - Freeman 87 FTE
CITY-NEAR SD,Sioux Falls-Medical Center Campus-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 6,424 FTE
CITY-NEAR SD,SIOUX FALLS - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 4,818 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield Foods 3,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Avera McKennan Hospital 3,312 FTE
NAT-TCR ISD #97 Moose Lake 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Anning-Johnson Company Illinois 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR E. Butler, PA 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Heimes Corporation 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Munson Electric 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Minger Construction Companies Incorporated 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE HT Global Circuits 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Waters on Mayowood 87 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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