Hydroelectric Power Generation · North Carolina

Cowans Ford

Stanley, NC · ~29 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cowans Ford runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hydroelectric Power Generation workplace, earning a grade B.

Cowans Ford: 0.8 TCR = 63% of Hydroelectric Power Generation BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cowans Ford safety composite

Cowans Ford scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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%).

Cowans Ford held a steady TCR band

Cowans Ford's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221111 · Stanley, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 0.8 · 63% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P84
  • PHOTO Grant County PUD#2 -…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Grant County PUD#2 - Administration (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cowans Ford in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cowans Ford averages 0.8 TCR (63% of the Hydroelectric Power Generation BLS benchmark).

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

Cowans Ford TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=3 · 2022=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Cowans Ford falls in its industry

129 Hydroelectric Power Generation establishments

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

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Cowans Ford (29 employees, TCR 0.8) 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 Cowans Ford
Cowans Ford (29 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Cowans Ford has fewer employees than the Hydroelectric Power Generation 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.0 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221111 · NC · Stanley

129 Hydroelectric Power Generation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 12 employers in Stanley, NC · 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 Grant County PUD#2 - Administration 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cherokee County Electric Cooperative 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yadkin 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR FAIRFIELD PUMPED STORAGE HYDRO 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Black Gold Farms - NCC 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buy Sod - Sandhill 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Craven County Wood Energy 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brunswick Electric Membership Cooperative - 2 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blum Inc. 431 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prestige Site Works, LLC 211 FTE
CITY-NEAR Earnhardt Grading Inc. 99 FTE
CITY-NEAR SC Johnson Professional USA, Inc. 87 FTE
NAT-TCR 4795-Ea-Dfw-Dallas Fort Worth-Dfw-Evhw 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Orort - Portland 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Kenan Transport 50042 Knoxville 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 2073-SW-20730039-FO 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hampton Inn - Florence 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1380 LKQ Broadway 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE SealMaster PA-NJ 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sun Coast Resources Enid 29 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.