Distribution of electric power · Washington

Benton PUD

Kennewick, WA · ~152 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Benton PUD runs at 212% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade F.

Benton PUD: 2.5 TCR = 212% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Benton PUD safety composite

Benton PUD scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

−0.5

2022→2024

Benton PUD injury rate improved

Benton PUD's TCR fell 0.5 from 3.0 in 2022 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.0 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Kennewick, WA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 2.5 · 212% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #12/30
  • PHOTO Norris Electric Coop…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~152 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Norris Electric Cooperative (0.0 TCR gap)

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Benton PUD in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Benton PUD averages 2.5 TCR (212% 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

Benton PUD TCR series: 2022=3 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 1.2

Where Benton PUD falls in its industry

2,958 Distribution of electric power establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 30 Distribution of electric power employers in Washington.

Benton PUD (152 employees, TCR 2.5) 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 Benton PUD
Benton PUD (152 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Benton PUD has more 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
2024 2.5 1.2 4 0 0
2023 2.2 2.2 3 0 0
2022 3.0 3.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · WA · Kennewick

2,958 Distribution of electric power employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 115 employers in Kennewick, 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 Norris Electric Cooperative 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eversource - Waltham 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Benning 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ORANGE 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Barehanded Solutions 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sierra WA Main and Other 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prime Window Systems 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE Echodyne Corp HQ 152 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trios Health 1,002 FTE
CITY-NEAR Benton County, WA 679 FTE
CITY-NEAR Benton County 650 FTE
CITY-NEAR KENNEWICK WA (GAGE RD CORP) 457 FTE
NAT-TCR Great Lakes Lamination 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Universal Blanchers, dba Olam Edible Nuts Dublin Facility 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Waukesha Health Systems 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR EPL America, LLC 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 483020-East Penn | PA | KBS-825 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baker Hughes 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Whippany Actuation Systems 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Budzar Industries BAC LLC 152 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. 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.