Food Service Contractors · South Dakota

University of Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls, SD · ~27 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

University of Sioux Falls runs at 193% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food Service Contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

University of Sioux Falls: 5.8 TCR = 193% of Food Service Contractors BLS 3.0 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

University of Sioux Falls safety composite

University of Sioux Falls scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.8

2018→2024

University of Sioux Falls injury rate improved

University of Sioux Falls's TCR fell 4.8 from 4.8 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 18.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.8 · 2019=18.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Sioux Falls, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 193% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #16/21
  • PHOTO MS Cafe 34
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MS Cafe 34 (0.0 TCR gap)

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University of Sioux Falls in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows University of Sioux Falls averages 5.8 TCR (193% of the Food Service Contractors BLS benchmark).

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

University of Sioux Falls TCR series: 2018=4.8 · 2019=18.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.0

Where University of Sioux Falls falls in its industry

6,952 Food Service Contractors establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 21 Food Service Contractors employers in South Dakota.

University of Sioux Falls (27 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate University of Sioux Falls
University of Sioux Falls (27 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

University of Sioux Falls has fewer employees than the Food Service Contractors median and a higher 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 18.3 0.0 4 0 0
2018 4.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · SD · Sioux Falls

6,952 Food Service Contractors 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR MS Cafe 34 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR TAMUCC Dining Hall 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR FareStart 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT W WINDSOR PLAINSBORO SCHOOLS 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Continental Resources - Buffalo, SD 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sioux Valley Energy - Brandon 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Puetz Design + Build - Sioux Falls 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE H&W Contracting LLC 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR SD,Sioux Falls-Medical Center Campus-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 6,424 FTE
CITY-NEAR SD,SIOUX FALLS - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 4,818 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield Foods 3,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Avera McKennan Hospital 3,312 FTE
NAT-TCR Buffalo Rock Gadsden 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Osseo Area Learning Center 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Oaks on Parkwood 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR IRS Environmental of WA, Inc 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Iliad, Inc. 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hudson Electric, Inc. 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Peachtree Senior Living 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2nd Home Totowa LLC 27 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, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.