Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing · South Dakota

Sterling Technology

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Brookings, SD · ~50 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Sterling Technology runs at 174% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Sterling Technology: 5.7 TCR = 174% of Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sterling Technology safety composite

Sterling Technology scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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).

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

Sterling Technology: 2.4 → 5.9 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 8.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.03× in 2019

Sterling Technology's TCR rose 3.5 from 2.4 in 2017 to 5.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311511 · Brookings, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 174% of ind

DART 5.9 DART
RANK P34
PHOTO 2453-00060351-60351
BOOK 3y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2453-00060351-60351 (0.0 TCR gap)

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5.8
Saputo Dairy F

5.8
This site

5.7
2453-00060351-

5.7
Prairie Farms

5.7

What this shows Sterling Technology averages 5.7 TCR (174% of the Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Sterling Technology TCR series: 2017=2.4 · 2018=8.9 · 2019=5.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Sterling Technology falls in its industry

457 Milk processing (e.g., bottlin establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Sterling Technology (50 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 140 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Sterling Technology has fewer employees than the Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogen median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2019	5.9	5.9	3
2018	8.9	4.5	4
2017	2.4	2.4	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311511 · SD · Brookings

457 Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 59 employers in Brookings, 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	2453-00060351-60351	FRESNO, CA	5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DFA FLUID - BURLINGTON NJ	BURLINGTON, NJ	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc	CARBONDALE, IL	5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Saputo Dairy Foods	MURRAY, KY	5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Mustang Seeds, Inc.	MADISON	50 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Jensen Rock & Sand Aberdeen	ABERDEEN	50 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Michael Foods - NPE Flandreau	FLANDREAU	50 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rush Company Inc.	SPRINGFIELD	50 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SD01-DAKT-SOUTH DAKOTA BROOKINGS	Brookings	1,406 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Brookings	Brookings	1,154 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1538	Brookings	379 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Larson Mfg. LLC	Brookings	378 FTE
NAT-TCR	Macintosh	Charleston, SC	5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	CA Group, Inc.	Celina, OH	5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	6962-Swy 0025 0768	Castro Valley, CA	5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	CMC Rebar Slidell	Slidell, LA	5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	HDS-Columbus	Columbus, OH	50 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Colletta	Alpharetta, GA	50 FTE
NAT-SIZE	REG Life Sciences	South San Francisco, CA	50 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Anchor Heating & Air Conditioning Co. Inc	Douglasville, GA	50 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. 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.