Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Laramie River Station
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WHEATLAND, WY | Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas)
~290 avg employees | 6 years of OSHA data
Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Laramie River Station has an average TCR of 3.3, which is 274% of the industry average (1.2) for Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas). This is significantly worse than average.
Safety Insights for Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Laramie River Station
Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Laramie River Station operates an establishment with approximately 290 full-time equivalent workers in WHEATLAND, WY, classified under the Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) industry (NAICS 221112). Across 6 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 53 recordable injuries, 1 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 3.3 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the F letter grade (Failing Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 1.2 for Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas), Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Laramie River Station's workforce experiences 274% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR above the benchmark flags a higher-than-typical risk profile for jobseekers, insurers, and enforcement agencies to examine.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 6 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Laramie River Station as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Laramie River Station's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 221112 — Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas).
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2023)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 495,314 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Laramie River Station (this establishment) | 3.29 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 6-year avg |
| Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) industry avg | 1.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 221112 |
| Wyoming state avg (all industries) | 5.95 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Laramie River Station to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2023: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 19 reportable incidents · 19 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 10 reportable incidents · 10 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 9 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.8 | 4.9 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
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