Sioux Falls, SD—Federal OSHA workplace-safety record

Sioux Falls, SD

183 severe-injury reports between 2015-01-12 and 2025-10-15, 192 OSHA inspections, and 2,902 Form 300/301 injury filings on federal record in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

183Severe injuries

160Hospitalizations

192OSHA inspections

2,902Injury filings

Employers with the most severe injuries in Sioux Falls

# Employer Severe-injury reports

1 Smithfield Foods 14 2 Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. 6 3 Limoges Construction, Inc. 4 4 Sanford Medical Center 4 5 Electronic Systems, Inc. 3 6 Lifescape, Inc. 3 7 Pro Framing, Inc. 3 8 Sanford Health 3 9 Sanford USD Medical Center 3 10 Avera McKennon Hospital & University Center 2

Example incidents

Martin Brower Distribution Center SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA · 2025-10-15 · Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was using a hook tool to pull a pallet onto the lift gate of a tractor trailer. The hook detached from the underside of the pallet, causing the employee to fall backward off the lift gate. The employee landed on the concrete parking lot about 5 feet below, suffering fractures to the skull and two thoracic vertebrae.
Club Demonstration Services, Inc. SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA · 2025-09-21 · Fall on same level due to slip or trip
An employee slipped and fell outside, landing on her hip on concrete. The hip was broken and she was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
FleetPride Inc. SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA · 2025-09-17 · Struck by other falling object n.e.c.
An employee was installing a driveshaft on a customer's vehicle. He was using a floor jack to hold the driveshaft in place to line up the bolts. The driveshaft moved off the jack and crushed his left ring fingertip, resulting in an open fracture of the tuft of the distal phalanx, as well as a partial amputation.
KN CONSTRUCTION, INC. SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA · 2025-09-15 · Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
An employee was unhooking a trench box from a rigging mechanism on an excavator when their left hand got pinched between the excavator and the trench box. The employee suffered an amputation of the middle finger at the distal joint and a laceration on the ring finger. The excavator's arm had not finished lowering at the time of the incident.
Design Tanks, LLC SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA · 2025-07-07 · Struck by suspended or swinging objects n.e.c.
An employee was working from a man basket attached to a powered industrial truck. He had been loading manufactured tanks onto tractor trailer flatbeds. While removing the rigging equipment, a rigging strap caught his left ankle against the toe kick of the man basket. The employee sustained a fractured left ankle/tibia/foot.
Journey Group Companies SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA · 2025-05-08 · Fall on same level n.e.c.
An employee was operating a pull cord for a batch machine when they lost balance and fell to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to their tibia and fibula.

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Source: federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports, inspections, and ITA Form 300/301 filings. Counts reflect federal jurisdiction only.