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

Colstrip Power Plant

Colstrip, MT · ~287 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Colstrip Power Plant runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) workplace, earning a grade C.

Colstrip Power Plant: 1.0 TCR = 83% of Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Colstrip Power Plant safety composite

Colstrip Power Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−1.0

2016→2024

Colstrip Power Plant injury rate improved

Colstrip Power Plant's TCR fell 1.0 from 2.1 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.1 · 2017=0.3 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.4 · 2022=0.4 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · Colstrip, MT AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 1.0 · 83% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO 327-NiSource-West Te…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~287 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 327-NiSource-West Terre Haute IN (0.0 TCR gap)

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Colstrip Power Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Colstrip Power Plant averages 1.0 TCR (83% 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

Colstrip Power Plant TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=0.3 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=0.4 · 2022=0.4 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 1.2

Where Colstrip Power Plant falls in its industry

846 Electric power generation, fos establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Montana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Electric power generation, fos employers in Montana.

Colstrip Power Plant (287 employees, TCR 1.0) 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 Colstrip Power Plant
Colstrip Power Plant (287 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Colstrip Power Plant has more employees than the Electric power generation, fossil fuel ( median and a lower 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
2024 1.2 0.4 3 0 0
2023 1.3 0.8 3 0 0
2022 0.4 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.4 0.4 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.1 0.6 4 0 0
2018 2.2 1.4 7 1 0
2017 0.3 0.0 1 0 0
2016 2.1 0.5 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · MT · Colstrip

846 Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,536 rated employers in Montana with headcount on file · 4 employers in Colstrip, MT · 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 327-NiSource-West Terre Haute IN 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marshall TX PP 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Environmental Lab (2480 Maner Road SE) 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cumberland Power Plant 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cennox Inc (MT) 288 FTE
STATE-SIZE Holy Rosary Hospital 286 FTE
STATE-SIZE 105212 - Montana Renewables RDR/SAF Construction 285 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 4412 291 FTE
CITY-NEAR NAES Power Contractors - Talen Energy - Colstrip 147 FTE
CITY-NEAR CEI Electrical Contractors 122 FTE
CITY-NEAR Colstrip 95 FTE
NAT-TCR Innovative Handling 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR kdc/one Aromair 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Centerline Drilling, Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Autoport (MI) Limited - Woodhaven 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Swinerton Inc 287 FTE
NAT-SIZE United Laboratories Manufacturing LLC 287 FTE
NAT-SIZE Synthego Corporation 287 FTE
NAT-SIZE Calise & Sons Bakery 287 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, 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.