Fossil Fuel Electric Generation · Minnesota

Black Dog Power Plant

Burnsville, MN · ~35 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Black Dog Power Plant runs at 308% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fossil Fuel Electric Generation workplace, earning a grade F.

Black Dog Power Plant: 3.7 TCR = 308% of Fossil Fuel Electric Generation BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Black Dog Power Plant safety composite

Black Dog Power Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

−1.4

2017→2020

Black Dog Power Plant injury rate improved

Black Dog Power Plant's TCR fell 1.4 from 5.0 in 2017 to 3.7 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.0 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 3.7 · 308% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #16/24
  • PHOTO Fergus Falls CSC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fergus Falls CSC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Black Dog Power Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Black Dog Power Plant averages 3.7 TCR (308% 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 Power Plant TCR series: 2017=5 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=3.7 · BLS 1.2

Where Black Dog Power Plant falls in its industry

846 Fossil Fuel Electric Generatio establishments

Safer than 12% 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 #16 safest of 24 Fossil Fuel Electric Generatio employers in Minnesota.

Black Dog Power Plant (35 employees, TCR 3.7) 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 Power Plant
Black Dog Power Plant (35 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Black Dog Power Plant 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
2020 3.7 0.0 1 0 0
2019 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2018 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2017 5.0 0.0 2 0 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 Fergus Falls CSC 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Redbud Power Plant 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Duck Creek Power Station 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Genoa #3 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dollymount 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Scotch Prairie Farms LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Genex Farm Systems Melrose 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shorewood Service Center 35 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 Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC - 043 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Krumroy-Cozad Construction Corporation 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Rockland 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR HellermannTyton- Good Hope 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE OmniSource LLC - MD Transportation 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE OmniSource LLC - NOD Trucking 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Barnabas 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ft Wayne IN 90-32-45-24 35 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.