Distribution of electric power · Wisconsin

Bayfield Electric Cooperative

Iron River, WI · ~19 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.4
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bayfield Electric Cooperative runs at 620% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade F.

Bayfield Electric Cooperative: 7.4 TCR = 620% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bayfield Electric Cooperative safety composite

Bayfield Electric Cooperative scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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).

F

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Bayfield Electric Cooperative: 5.0 → 9.9 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 9.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.66× in 2023

Bayfield Electric Cooperative's TCR rose 4.9 from 5.0 in 2022 to 9.9 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Iron River, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 620% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #55/61
  • PHOTO Coles-Moultrie Elect…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Coles-Moultrie Electric Cooperative (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bayfield Electric Cooperative in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bayfield Electric Cooperative averages 7.4 TCR (620% of the Distribution of electric power BLS benchmark).

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

Bayfield Electric Cooperative TCR series: 2022=5 · 2023=9.9 · BLS 1.2

Where Bayfield Electric Cooperative falls in its industry

2,958 Distribution of electric power establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #55 safest of 61 Distribution of electric power employers in Wisconsin.

Bayfield Electric Cooperative (19 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Bayfield Electric Cooperative
Bayfield Electric Cooperative (19 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Bayfield Electric Cooperative has fewer employees than the Distribution of electric power median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 9.9 4.9 2 0 0
2022 5.0 5.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · WI · Iron River

2,958 Distribution of electric power employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Coles-Moultrie Electric Cooperative 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Prescott 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alexandria Light & Power 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation (Franklin) 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sacia Orchards 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Emerald Sky Dairy LLC 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE 007 Cottage Grove Agronomy 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE PREMIER BUILDING SOLUTIONS INC 19 FTE
CITY-NEAR Absolut Manufacturing, LLC 34 FTE
NAT-TCR 3638-B 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR JCG Industries 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Crystal Feeds 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR PV 7.4 TCR

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. 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.