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

Cooper Generating Station

Burnside, KY · ~60 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cooper Generating Station runs at 279% 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.

Cooper Generating Station: 3.4 TCR = 279% of Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) BLS 1.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cooper Generating Station safety composite

Cooper Generating Station scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Cooper Generating Station: 2.6 → 5.0 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 6.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2024

Cooper Generating Station's TCR rose 2.4 from 2.6 in 2016 to 5.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · Burnside, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.4 · 279% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #23/23
  • PHOTO Barney M. Davis Powe…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Barney M. Davis Power Station (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cooper Generating Station in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cooper Generating Station averages 3.4 TCR (279% 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

Cooper Generating Station TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=6.5 · 2023=3 · 2024=5 · BLS 1.2

Where Cooper Generating Station falls in its industry

846 Electric power generation, fos establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 23 Electric power generation, fos employers in Kentucky.

Cooper Generating Station (60 employees, TCR 3.4) 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 Cooper Generating Station
Cooper Generating Station (60 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Cooper Generating Station 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
2024 5.0 3.4 3 0 0
2023 3.0 1.5 2 0 0
2022 6.5 3.2 3 1 0
2021 3.2 1.6 1 1 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.1 1.5 1 1 0
2016 2.6 2.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · KY · Burnside

846 Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 7 employers in Burnside, KY · 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 Barney M. Davis Power Station 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greenville 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jack County Generation Facility 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc - Thomas Hill Energy Center 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Workman Farms INC 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE OFP 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hopkinsville Electric System 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3275 HIGHLAND POINT DR OWENSBORO KY 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR Merrick Hardwoods, Inc 140 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kingsford Mfg 116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Burnside 114 FTE
CITY-NEAR United Rail Service, LLC 31 FTE
NAT-TCR Albert Brothers Inc 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Austin Powder Midsouth LLC - Nashville 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Beckstrom Electric Company Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Mayhew Basque Plastics LLC. 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 201 Santa Fe Drive 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE New London Homeless Hospitality Center 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elizabeth Shelton School 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Best Way Disposal Inc., Watervliet 60 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, 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.