Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric · Michigan

Belle River Power Plant

East China Twsp, MI · ~194 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Belle River Power Plant runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric workplace, earning a grade D.

Belle River Power Plant: 1.8 TCR = 148% of Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Belle River Power Plant safety composite

Belle River Power Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

Belle River Power Plant: 0.0 → 2.1 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 3.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.78× in 2024

Belle River Power Plant's TCR rose 2.1 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · East China Twsp, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 1.8 · 148% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #16/24
  • PHOTO Slidell Service Center
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~194 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Slidell Service Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Belle River Power Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Belle River Power Plant averages 1.8 TCR (148% of the Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric BLS benchmark).

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

Belle River Power Plant TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0.4 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 1.2

Where Belle River Power Plant falls in its industry

846 Power generation, fossil fuel establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 24 Power generation, fossil fuel employers in Michigan.

Belle River Power Plant (194 employees, TCR 1.8) 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 Belle River Power Plant
Belle River Power Plant (194 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Belle River Power Plant has more employees than the Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coa 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
2024 2.1 1.4 3 0 0
2023 3.4 2.0 4 1 0
2022 1.8 0.6 3 0 0
2021 3.3 1.6 3 3 0
2020 0.9 0.5 1 1 0
2019 1.8 0.9 3 1 0
2018 2.3 0.5 5 0 0
2017 0.4 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · MI · East China Twsp

846 Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 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 Slidell Service Center 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cricket Valley Energy Center 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Horseshoe Lake Power Plant 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tolk Station-124 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Macomb SC 194 FTE
STATE-SIZE Florence Cement Company 194 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lutz Roofing Inc 194 FTE
STATE-SIZE Materne, North America, Traverse City 194 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Clair Power Plant 289 FTE
NAT-TCR Romark Logistics of PA 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR New York - Clune Construction Company 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Walden's Machine LLC 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR American Construction and Supply, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Houston Polymers Terminal 194 FTE
NAT-SIZE Whse Bsg 8997 Fresno Ca 194 FTE
NAT-SIZE USA FL Winter Haven DSC 194 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maplewood Nursing Home 194 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.