Fuel oil merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals) · South Dakota

Stern Oil company

Freeman, SD · ~84 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Stern Oil company runs at 290% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fuel oil merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals) workplace, earning a grade F.

Stern Oil company: 6.4 TCR = 290% of Fuel oil merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals) BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Stern Oil company safety composite

Stern Oil company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.39 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.6

2018→2021

Stern Oil company injury rate improved

Stern Oil company's TCR fell 8.6 from 10.0 in 2018 to 1.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 14.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=10.0 · 2019=14.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424720 · Freeman, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.4 · 290% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK P17
  • PHOTO C&R Distributing, LLC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~84 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: C&R Distributing, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Stern Oil company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Stern Oil company averages 6.4 TCR (290% of the Fuel oil merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals) BLS benchmark).

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

Stern Oil company TCR series: 2018=10 · 2019=14.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.4 · BLS 2.2

Where Stern Oil company falls in its industry

218 Fuel oil merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Stern Oil company (84 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0200400600800 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Stern Oil company
Stern Oil company (84 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Stern Oil company has more employees than the Fuel oil merchant wholesalers (except bu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2021 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 14.1 7.0 10 2 0
2018 10.0 5.6 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424720 · SD · Freeman

218 Fuel oil merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 9 employers in Freeman, 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 C&R Distributing, LLC 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hays Oil Company 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Universal Oil, Inc. 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marshall Main 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Simon - Rapid City Construction 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Performance Pet Products 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Myrl & Roy's Paving 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE PPD USA Inc 84 FTE
CITY-NEAR Freeman Regional Health Services 159 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vermeer Corporation 97 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vermeer Freeman Manufacturing 94 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vermeer Corporation - Freeman 87 FTE
NAT-TCR Stop & Shop 100612 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Haven of Phoenix, LLC 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Westview Nursing and Rehab 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR All-Star-New Milford 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Premium Concrete Inc. 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Restore Health & Wellness, LLC 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE District Electrical Services 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE BDGN Corporation 84 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. 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.