Balers, farm-type (e.g., cotton, hay, straw), manufacturing · South Dakota
Sioux Steel Company
Sioux Falls, SD · ~98 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sioux Steel Company runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Balers, farm-type (e.g., cotton, hay, straw), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Sioux Steel Company: 2.0 TCR = 59% of Balers, farm-type (e.g., cotton, hay, straw), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sioux Steel Company safety composite
Sioux Steel Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% 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).
78/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 87% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 86% 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
−2.7
2018→2024
Sioux Steel Company injury rate improved
Sioux Steel Company's TCR fell 2.7 from 2.7 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=2.7 · 2019=3.0 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333111 · Sioux Falls, SD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 59% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #1/14
- PHOTO Hagie Manufacturing
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~98 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Hagie Manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sioux Steel Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Sioux Steel Company
2 TCR
- Great Plains M
Great Plains Manufacturing Abilene East Plant
2 TCR
- Haber Technolo
Haber Technologies, Inc.
2 TCR
- Hagie Manufact
Hagie Manufacturing
1.9 TCR
- Bush Hog Inc.
Bush Hog Inc.
1.9 TCR
What this shows Sioux Steel Company averages 2.0 TCR (59% of the Balers, farm-type (e.g., cotton, hay, straw), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Sioux Steel Company TCR series: 2018=2.7 · 2019=3 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3
Where Sioux Steel Company falls in its industry
433 Balers, farm-type (e.g., cotto establishmentsSafer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 14 Balers, farm-type (e.g., cotto employers in South Dakota.
Sioux Steel Company has more employees than the Balers, farm-type (e.g., cotton, hay, st median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333111 · SD · Sioux Falls
433 Balers, farm-type (e.g., cotton, hay, straw), manufacturing 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 | Hagie Manufacturing | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Great Plains Manufacturing Abilene East Plant | 2.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Haber Technologies, Inc. | 2.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bush Hog Inc. | 1.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Avera Milbank Area Hospital | 98 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Jensen Rock & Sand | 97 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Henry Carlson Construction | 99 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Volga | 99 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 | Mitsubishi Electric US Inc.-18 | 2.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CoServ Elecrtic | 2.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TW Metals - Wichita | 2.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | P&L Specialties | 2.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Smooth-Bor Plastics | 98 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Jem Unlimited Iron, Inc. | 98 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mission Linen Oceanside 2600 | 98 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | City of LaFollette | 98 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.