SDCL § 62-4-54: Determining usual and customary line of employment.

Usual and customary line of employment is to be determined by evaluation of the following factors:

(1) The skills or abilities of the person;

(2) The length of time the person spent in the type of work engaged in at the time of the injury;

(3) The proportion of time the person has spent in the type of work engaged in at the time of injury when compared to the employee's entire working career; and

(4) The duties and responsibilities of the person at the workplace. It is not limited by the position held at the time of the injury.