Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) · Ohio

Cardinal Plant

Brilliant, OH · ~303 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cardinal Plant runs at 219% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) workplace, earning a grade F.

Cardinal Plant: 2.6 TCR = 219% of Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) BLS 1.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cardinal Plant safety composite

Cardinal Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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)
F 2.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

−1.6

2016→2022

Cardinal Plant injury rate improved

Cardinal Plant's TCR fell 1.6 from 2.5 in 2016 to 0.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.6 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.5 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · Brilliant, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 2.6 · 219% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #22/25
  • PHOTO AMEREN MISSOURI - Si…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~303 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AMEREN MISSOURI - Sioux Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cardinal Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cardinal Plant averages 2.6 TCR (219% of the Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) BLS benchmark).

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

Cardinal Plant TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=0.9 · BLS 1.2

Where Cardinal Plant falls in its industry

846 Electric power generation, fos establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 25 Electric power generation, fos employers in Ohio.

Cardinal Plant (303 employees, TCR 2.6) 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 Cardinal Plant
Cardinal Plant (303 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Cardinal Plant has more employees than the Electric power generation, fossil fuel ( 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
2022 0.9 0.3 1 2 0
2021 1.8 0.7 2 3 0
2020 2.8 1.4 5 3 0
2019 2.6 1.0 6 2 0
2018 4.6 0.3 4 11 0
2017 3.1 0.0 1 10 0
2016 2.5 0.3 3 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · OH · Brilliant

846 Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 4 employers in Brilliant, OH · 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 AMEREN MISSOURI - Sioux Plant 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heorot Power Management, LLC 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Craig Generating Station 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eagle Point Power Generation, LLC 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Grammer TMD- LLC Bowling Green OH 303 FTE
STATE-SIZE Inogen, Inc. 4 303 FTE
STATE-SIZE 80804 303 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 2725 303 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cardinal Operating Company 261 FTE
CITY-NEAR OHBRI - BRILLIANT 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR MPW Environmental Services, Inc. - Cardinal Operating Company 47 FTE
NAT-TCR 3331 Family Fresh Market (St Peter, Mn) 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Virginia Place 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 2073-SW-20730071-MX 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Track 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cardinal LG -Ocala IG 303 FTE
NAT-SIZE Adrian Dominican Sisters, Inc. 303 FTE
NAT-SIZE Safway Atlantic, LLC - New Jersey 303 FTE
NAT-SIZE O'Hare International Airport - ORD 303 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: 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.