Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers · South Dakota

State Steel Sioux falls

Name: State Steel Sioux falls Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Sioux Falls, SD · ~35 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 8.7
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

State Steel Sioux falls runs at 395% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

State Steel Sioux falls: 8.7 TCR = 395% of Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

State Steel Sioux falls safety composite

State Steel Sioux falls scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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).

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 8.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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%).

Rising injury rate

State Steel Sioux falls: 0.0 → 2.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 16.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.33× in 2021

State Steel Sioux falls's TCR rose 2.8 from 0.0 in 2017 to 2.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 16.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Sioux Falls, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.7 · 395% of ind

DART 2.8 DART
RANK #2/4
PHOTO Store 1
BOOK 5y book
INJ 17 inj
SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Store 1 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows State Steel Sioux falls averages 8.7 TCR (395% of the Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

State Steel Sioux falls TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=16.6 · 2019=14 · 2020=9.9 · 2021=2.8 · BLS 2.2

Where State Steel Sioux falls falls in its industry

1,299 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesal establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesal employers in South Dakota.

State Steel Sioux falls (35 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

State Steel Sioux falls has fewer employees than the Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2021	2.8	2.8	1
2020	9.9	5.0	4
2019	14.0	11.7	6
2018	16.6	16.6	6
2017	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · SD · Sioux Falls

1,299 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Store 1	MINNEAPOLIS, MN	8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Milford Division	MILFORD, CT	8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	state steel GI	GRAND ISLAND, NE	8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	LV	LOUISVILLE, KY	8.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Lidel Construction	SIOUX FALLS	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Glanbia Nutritionals Sioux Falls	SIOUX FALLS	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Associated Milk Producers Inc (Freeman)	FREEMAN	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BCI Sioux Falls, SD	SIOUX FALLS	35 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SD,Sioux Falls-Medical Center Campus-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	Sioux Falls	6,424 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SD,SIOUX FALLS - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	Sioux Falls	4,818 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Smithfield Foods	Sioux Falls	3,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Avera McKennan Hospital	Sioux Falls	3,312 FTE
NAT-TCR	Omaha Terminal - Hunt Transportation - DOT	Omaha, NE	8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Kamps Indianapolis Belmont Ave	Indianapolis, IN	8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Drury Inn & Suites - Lafayette	Lafayette, LA	8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tailored Chemical Inc Plant 3	Hickory, NC	8.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Harris Rebar Nufab - Slidell Louisiana	Slidell, LA	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	60549 - Capstone Tractor Supply Franklin	Franklin, KY	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Reagent Chemical - White Flyer - Knox	Knox, IN	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Palmas Printing	Guilford, CT	35 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.