Electric power control · South Dakota

Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc

Milbank, SD · ~23 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.5
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc runs at 962% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Electric power control workplace, earning a grade F.

Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc: 11.5 TCR = 962% of Electric power control BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc safety composite

Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−6.5

2021→2024

Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc injury rate improved

Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc's TCR fell 6.5 from 16.1 in 2021 to 9.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 16.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=16.1 · 2022=10.0 · 2023=10.4 · 2024=9.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221121 · Milbank, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.5 · 962% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P0
  • PHOTO Gresham Line Ops
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gresham Line Ops (0.1 TCR gap)

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Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc averages 11.5 TCR (962% of the Electric power control BLS benchmark).

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

Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc TCR series: 2021=16.1 · 2022=10 · 2023=10.4 · 2024=9.7 · BLS 1.2

Where Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc falls in its industry

263 Electric power control establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc (23 employees, TCR 11.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc
Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc (23 employees, TCR 11.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc has fewer employees than the Electric power control median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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 9.7 0.0 2 0 0
2023 10.4 0.0 2 0 0
2022 10.0 0.0 2 0 0
2021 16.1 10.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221121 · SD · Milbank

263 Electric power control employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 14 employers in Milbank, 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 Gresham Line Ops 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harmony 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oregon City Line Ops 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elk Mound Service Center 9.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Farmers Ag Center 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Menno 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rosebud Electric Cooperative 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Select Builders, Inc. 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc. 320 FTE
CITY-NEAR United Hardware Distributing Co - Distribution Center 190 FTE
CITY-NEAR Avera Milbank Area Hospital 98 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dakota Stone Inc 94 FTE
NAT-TCR Sysco Syracuse 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Shumaker Industries 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Aston Gardens At Tampa Bay 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR TownePlace Suites 11.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE EEE Trucking 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mapei-Calhoun 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE SO Goodwill Central Point 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Leck Waste Services - Kutztown 23 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, 2022, 2021. 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.