Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric · North Dakota

Coal Creek Station

Underwood, ND · ~250 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Coal Creek Station runs at 365% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric workplace, earning a grade F.

Coal Creek Station: 4.4 TCR = 365% of Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Coal Creek Station safety composite

Coal Creek Station scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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).

F

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

−3.3

2016→2017

Coal Creek Station injury rate improved

Coal Creek Station's TCR fell 3.3 from 6.0 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.0 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.0 · 2017=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · Underwood, ND ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 4.4 · 365% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #12/13
  • PHOTO Marquette Board of L…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~250 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Marquette Board of Light and Power (0.0 TCR gap)

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Coal Creek Station in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Coal Creek Station averages 4.4 TCR (365% of the Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric BLS benchmark).

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

Coal Creek Station TCR series: 2016=6 · 2017=2.8 · BLS 1.2

Where Coal Creek Station falls in its industry

846 Power generation, fossil fuel establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 13 Power generation, fossil fuel employers in North Dakota.

Coal Creek Station (250 employees, TCR 4.4) 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 Coal Creek Station
Coal Creek Station (250 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Coal Creek Station has more employees than the Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coa 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
2017 2.8 0.8 5 2 0
2016 6.0 0.0 4 9 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · ND · Underwood

846 Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota with headcount on file · 4 employers in Underwood, ND · 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 Marquette Board of Light and Power 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Devils Lake CSC 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 00474 BEND OPERATIONS CTR 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Montour Plant 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE H&P IDC - U.S. Land - Dickinson 250 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eventide Senior Living - Fargo 248 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dakota Growers Pasta Co. ND 247 FTE
STATE-SIZE Reman Drivetrain Facility 247 FTE
CITY-NEAR Coal Creek 261 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rainbow Energy Center 188 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue Flint Ethanol, LLC 48 FTE
NAT-TCR 0140 - Harrisburg, Pa 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Upsco Airline Hangar (Kyalh) 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Seagoville 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Waldorf (Mdwal) 250 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alliance Residential, LLC/Corporate Headquarters 250 FTE
NAT-SIZE Prospect TPA 250 FTE
NAT-SIZE Global Container Terminal New York 250 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: 2017, 2016. 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.