Condensed, evaporated or powdered whey, manufacturing · South Dakota

Sterling Technology SD

Brookings, SD · ~61 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sterling Technology SD runs at 97% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Condensed, evaporated or powdered whey, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Sterling Technology SD: 3.2 TCR = 97% of Condensed, evaporated or powdered whey, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sterling Technology SD safety composite

Sterling Technology SD scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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 SD: 0.0 → 6.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.34× in 2024

Sterling Technology SD's TCR rose 6.4 from 0.0 in 2023 to 6.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311514 · Brookings, SD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 97% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK P54
  • PHOTO Wisconsin Whey Prote…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~61 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wisconsin Whey Protein- Darlington (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sterling Technology SD in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sterling Technology SD averages 3.2 TCR (97% of the Condensed, evaporated or powdered whey, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Sterling Technology SD TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=6.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Sterling Technology SD falls in its industry

185 Condensed, evaporated or powde establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Sterling Technology SD (61 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Sterling Technology SD
Sterling Technology SD (61 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Sterling Technology SD has fewer employees than the Condensed, evaporated or powdered whey, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2024 6.4 4.3 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311514 · SD · Brookings

185 Condensed, evaporated or powdered whey, 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Wisconsin Whey Protein- Darlington 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Darigold Jerome 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rich Products Arlington 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milk Specialties Global Fond Du Lac 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cherapa Site 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sioux Falls Regional Bakery - Main Store 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Albany Farms 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Senproco, Inc. 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR SD01-DAKT-SOUTH DAKOTA BROOKINGS 1,406 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brookings 1,154 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1538 379 FTE
CITY-NEAR Larson Mfg. LLC 378 FTE
NAT-TCR Riverside Warehouse 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sawcross, Inc 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Plymouth Meeting 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Elmwood Ave 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mill City Senior Living 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cove Electric, Inc 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Symphony at Stuart 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at West Virginia Univ Concession 61 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: 2024, 2023. 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.