Electric power distribution systems · South Dakota

Sioux Valley Energy - Brandon

Colman, SD · ~27 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.4
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sioux Valley Energy - Brandon runs at 785% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Electric power distribution systems workplace, earning a grade F.

Sioux Valley Energy - Brandon: 9.4 TCR = 785% of Electric power distribution systems BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sioux Valley Energy - Brandon safety composite

Sioux Valley Energy - Brandon scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

−2.5

2016→2019

Sioux Valley Energy - Brandon injury rate improved

Sioux Valley Energy - Brandon's TCR fell 2.5 from 16.8 in 2016 to 14.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 16.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=16.8 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=6.7 · 2019=14.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Colman, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 785% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #17/17
  • PHOTO Jasper County REMC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jasper County REMC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sioux Valley Energy - Brandon in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sioux Valley Energy - Brandon averages 9.4 TCR (785% of the Electric power distribution systems BLS benchmark).

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

Sioux Valley Energy - Brandon TCR series: 2016=16.8 · 2017=0 · 2018=6.7 · 2019=14.2 · BLS 1.2

Where Sioux Valley Energy - Brandon falls in its industry

2,958 Electric power distribution sy establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 17 Electric power distribution sy employers in South Dakota.

Sioux Valley Energy - Brandon (27 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Sioux Valley Energy - Brandon
Sioux Valley Energy - Brandon (27 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Sioux Valley Energy - Brandon has fewer employees than the Electric power distribution systems median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2019 14.2 3.6 4 0 0
2018 6.7 0.0 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 16.8 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · SD · Colman

2,958 Electric power distribution systems employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 3 employers in Colman, 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 Jasper County REMC 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR AMEREN MISSOURI - Jefferson District 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carroll Electric - Bentonville 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Electric Cooperative-Maryville 9.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Continental Resources - Buffalo, SD 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Puetz Design + Build - Sioux Falls 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE H&W Contracting LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Engbarth Directional Drilling 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR T & R Electric Supply Co. Inc. 204 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sioux Valley Energy - Colman 70 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots #5109 Christianburg, VA 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Rock Materials Houston 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR El Mirage Pipe 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 01H2 9.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE columbus terminal 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wen Mar Farms, Inc. 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wright's Furniture, Inc. 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chantilly Center 27 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.