Fossil Fuel Electric Generation · Minnesota

Black Dog Gen Plant-UC

Burnsville, MN · ~31 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Black Dog Gen Plant-UC runs at 293% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fossil Fuel Electric Generation workplace, earning a grade F.

Black Dog Gen Plant-UC: 3.5 TCR = 293% of Fossil Fuel Electric Generation BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Black Dog Gen Plant-UC safety composite

Black Dog Gen Plant-UC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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%).

TCR Δ

−10.6

2021→2023

Black Dog Gen Plant-UC injury rate improved

Black Dog Gen Plant-UC's TCR fell 10.6 from 10.6 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=10.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · Burnsville, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.5 · 293% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/24
  • PHOTO KCP&L - Southland Se…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KCP&L - Southland Service Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Black Dog Gen Plant-UC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Black Dog Gen Plant-UC averages 3.5 TCR (293% of the Fossil Fuel Electric Generation BLS benchmark).

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

Black Dog Gen Plant-UC TCR series: 2021=10.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Black Dog Gen Plant-UC falls in its industry

846 Fossil Fuel Electric Generatio establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 24 Fossil Fuel Electric Generatio employers in Minnesota.

Black Dog Gen Plant-UC (31 employees, TCR 3.5) 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 Black Dog Gen Plant-UC
Black Dog Gen Plant-UC (31 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Black Dog Gen Plant-UC has fewer employees than the Fossil Fuel Electric Generation 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 10.6 10.6 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · MN · Burnsville

846 Fossil Fuel Electric Generation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 243 employers in Burnsville, MN · 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 KCP&L - Southland Service Center 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Antelope Valley Station 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plant McIntosh (Combine Cycle) 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR KCP&L - 930 North Olive 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE High Island Dairy 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Protein Sources, LLP 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Power Plant 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE 58 Lake Superior Place 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ames Construction 2,318 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rosemount Aerospace Inc (Burnsville MN) 1,894 FTE
CITY-NEAR ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE INC_6830 1,861 FTE
CITY-NEAR Goodrich - Sensors and Integrated Systems- Burnsville MN 1,673 FTE
NAT-TCR 4M Capital dba Arteriors Home - Corporate Office 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Consolidated Metco INC 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mkg of Orange Ave 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Byrne Metals, Corp. 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brighton Service Center-275 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE TX.KATY.1 - Ricoh Usa, Inc 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quality Machine & Fabrication 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quikrete - Ind 31 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, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.