Electric power generation, biomass · Washington

Avista Kettle Falls

Kettle Falls, WA · ~30 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Avista Kettle Falls runs at 485% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Electric power generation, biomass workplace, earning a grade F.

Avista Kettle Falls: 5.8 TCR = 485% of Electric power generation, biomass BLS 1.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Avista Kettle Falls safety composite

Avista Kettle Falls scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−3.0

2017→2024

Avista Kettle Falls injury rate improved

Avista Kettle Falls's TCR fell 3.0 from 6.1 in 2017 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 14.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.1 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=14.1 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221117 · Kettle Falls, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.8 · 485% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P15
  • PHOTO Zero Waste Energy De…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Zero Waste Energy Development Company, LLC (0.3 TCR gap)

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Avista Kettle Falls in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Avista Kettle Falls averages 5.8 TCR (485% of the Electric power generation, biomass BLS benchmark).

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

Avista Kettle Falls TCR series: 2017=6.1 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=14.1 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 1.2

Where Avista Kettle Falls falls in its industry

54 Electric power generation, bio establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Avista Kettle Falls (30 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 28 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Avista Kettle Falls
Avista Kettle Falls (30 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 28 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Avista Kettle Falls has more employees than the Electric power generation, biomass median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 3.1 0.0 1 0 0
2023 3.4 3.4 1 0 0
2022 3.7 3.7 0 1 0
2021 14.1 3.5 4 0 0
2020 3.3 0.0 1 0 0
2019 6.5 6.5 2 0 0
2018 6.5 6.5 2 0 0
2017 6.1 6.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221117 · WA · Kettle Falls

54 Electric power generation, biomass employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 5 employers in Kettle Falls, WA · 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 Zero Waste Energy Development Company, LLC 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR BIOMASS ONE 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rio Bravo Fresno 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR GRP Franklin 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE El Rancho Bella Vista LLC 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty Foods, LLC 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE NOURSE FARMS, INC. - WA 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dixieland Cherries LLC 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kettle Falls Plywood - WP 205 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kettle Falls Lumber - WP 122 FTE
CITY-NEAR Columbia Cedar - Kettle Falls 100 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kettle Falls Logging - WP 34 FTE
NAT-TCR Giant 123 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Den Ltl 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hotel aka White House 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Vernal UT DI 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Avista Noxon 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 059 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 125 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 154 30 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.