Distribution of electric power · South Dakota

Sioux Valley Energy - Colman

Colman, SD · ~70 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sioux Valley Energy - Colman runs at 303% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade F.

Sioux Valley Energy - Colman: 3.6 TCR = 303% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sioux Valley Energy - Colman safety composite

Sioux Valley Energy - Colman scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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%).

Sioux Valley Energy - Colman held a steady TCR band

Sioux Valley Energy - Colman's TCR held near 0.1 from 4.5 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.5 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 3.6 · 303% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #11/17
  • PHOTO Fleming-Mason Energy…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fleming-Mason Energy Cooperative (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sioux Valley Energy - Colman in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sioux Valley Energy - Colman averages 3.6 TCR (303% of the Distribution of electric power BLS benchmark).

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

Sioux Valley Energy - Colman TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=4.6 · BLS 1.2

Where Sioux Valley Energy - Colman falls in its industry

2,958 Distribution of electric power establishments

Safer than 34% 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 #11 safest of 17 Distribution of electric power employers in South Dakota.

Sioux Valley Energy - Colman (70 employees, TCR 3.6) 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 - Colman
Sioux Valley Energy - Colman (70 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Sioux Valley Energy - Colman has more employees than the Distribution of electric power 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 4.6 1.5 3 0 0
2018 1.4 0.0 0 1 0
2017 4.1 1.4 3 0 0
2016 4.5 0.0 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · SD · Colman

2,958 Distribution of electric power 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 Fleming-Mason Energy Cooperative 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wooster Service Building 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Volunteer Energy Cooperative - Crossville 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crystal Lake 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lind Exco, Inc 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Medgene 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sioux Falls Truck & Trailer Inc 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE BMC-Rapid City 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR T & R Electric Supply Co. Inc. 204 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sioux Valley Energy - Brandon 27 FTE
NAT-TCR Advocate Eureka Hospital 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 4054-Abs 0021 4163 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Wooster Service Building 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR AMB098 Houston 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Superior Grocers # 132 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4054-Abs 0016 0013 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4054-Abs 0016 4017 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4054-Abs 0018 0505 70 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.