Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) · Wyoming

Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Dry Fork Station

Gillette, WY · ~76 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Dry Fork Station runs at 231% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) workplace, earning a grade F.

Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Dry Fork Station: 2.8 TCR = 231% of Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) BLS 1.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Dry Fork Station safety composite

Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Dry Fork Station scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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%).

Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Dry Fork Station held a steady TCR band

Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Dry Fork Station's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.2 in 2017 to 1.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.2 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=9.6 · 2023=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · Gillette, WY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 2.8 · 231% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/10
  • PHOTO Hawthorn Generating …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hawthorn Generating Station (0.0 TCR gap)

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Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Dry Fork Station in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Dry Fork Station averages 2.8 TCR (231% of the Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) BLS benchmark).

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

Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Dry Fork Station TCR series: 2017=1.2 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=0 · 2022=9.6 · 2023=1.5 · BLS 1.2

Where Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Dry Fork Station falls in its industry

846 Electric power generation, fos establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wyoming alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 10 Electric power generation, fos employers in Wyoming.

Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Dry Fork Station (76 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Dry Fork Station
Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Dry Fork Station (76 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Dry Fork Station has more employees than the Electric power generation, fossil fuel ( median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2023 1.5 0.0 1 0 0
2022 9.6 3.2 6 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.8 1.4 2 0 0
2018 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2017 1.2 1.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · WY · Gillette

846 Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 783 rated employers in Wyoming with headcount on file · 64 employers in Gillette, WY · 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 Hawthorn Generating Station 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plant McIntosh Steam 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Madrid Power Plant 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oak Creek Power Plant 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wamsutter 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Powell Fertilizer 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Action Cargo - Wyoming 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sheridan Manor 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR Campbell County Health 909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Campbell County Government 769 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1485 399 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cyclone Drilling Inc. 386 FTE
NAT-TCR Canovanas Pr 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Salisbury Maintenance 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1692 SUMTER, SC 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Nellis AFB, NV 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE PF Colonial SNF Ops, LP 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Donnellon McCarthy Enterprises, Inc 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fused Industries, LLC 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rockwell Automation- Devens MA (DEV) 76 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: 2023, 2022, 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.