Electric power generation, hydroelectric · Texas

Cherokee County Electric Cooperative

Rusk, TX · ~57 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cherokee County Electric Cooperative runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Electric power generation, hydroelectric workplace, earning a grade B.

Cherokee County Electric Cooperative: 0.7 TCR = 61% of Electric power generation, hydroelectric BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cherokee County Electric Cooperative safety composite

Cherokee County Electric Cooperative scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Cherokee County Electric Cooperative: 0.0 → 1.4 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 1.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.85× in 2024

Cherokee County Electric Cooperative's TCR rose 1.3 from 0.0 in 2021 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221111 · Rusk, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 0.7 · 61% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK P84
  • PHOTO Cowans Ford
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cowans Ford (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cherokee County Electric Cooperative in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cherokee County Electric Cooperative averages 0.7 TCR (61% of the Electric power generation, hydroelectric BLS benchmark).

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

Cherokee County Electric Cooperative TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 1.2

Where Cherokee County Electric Cooperative falls in its industry

129 Electric power generation, hyd establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Cherokee County Electric Cooperative (57 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Cherokee County Electric Cooperative
Cherokee County Electric Cooperative (57 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Cherokee County Electric Cooperative has more employees than the Electric power generation, hydroelectric median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2023 1.5 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221111 · TX · Rusk

129 Electric power generation, hydroelectric employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 3 employers in Rusk, TX · 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 Cowans Ford 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yadkin 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Grant County PUD#2 - Administration 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Municipal Energy Services Agency 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sanderson Farms Tyler Hatchery 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sanderson Farms Waco Hatchery 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cooper Natural Resources Cedar Lake location 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE CKJ Transport - Energy Services 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR East Texas Medical Center Emergency Medical Services (Rusk County) 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR Store #22 78 FTE
NAT-TCR Sign Designs 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Noble Plastics Inc 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Gold Bond Building Products LLC 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Fort Smith 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hilton Garden Inn Ogden 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cobalt Cattle Company LLC - Leoti 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE mount ayr health care center 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Crystal Sugar Company Techical Services 57 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. 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.