Distribution of electric power · North Dakota

Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative

Edgeley, ND · ~40 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative runs at 687% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade F.

Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative: 8.2 TCR = 687% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative safety composite

Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.55 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%).

Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative held a steady TCR band

Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative's TCR held near 0.2 from 8.2 in 2016 to 8.3 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.2 · 2017=8.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Edgeley, ND ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 687% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK #17/18
  • PHOTO Hobbs Service Center…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hobbs Service Center-193 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative averages 8.2 TCR (687% of the Distribution of electric power BLS benchmark).

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

Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative TCR series: 2016=8.2 · 2017=8.3 · BLS 1.2

Where Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative falls in its industry

2,958 Distribution of electric power establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 18 Distribution of electric power employers in North Dakota.

Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative (40 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative
Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative (40 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative has fewer employees than the Distribution of electric power median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 8.3 5.5 3 0 0
2016 8.2 5.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · ND · Edgeley

2,958 Distribution of electric power employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota with headcount on file · 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 Hobbs Service Center-193 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR LADWP 7501 TYRONE 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gainesboro Operating - 2293 Skelton Rd. Gainesville 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Electric Cooperative, Inc. 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Arrow Service Team 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anbercrombie Pipeline Services, LLC Jamestown 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Truss Systems Inc. 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dakota Spirit AgEnergy, LLC 40 FTE
NAT-TCR Ricky's South Beach 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ca350-Lpz-Ca350 Oakland Wh 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR FDD SOCAL North - COI North - DTI 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Lake Tahoe (HR) 8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Land Jet Inc 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Odessa LLC 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE RailWorks Transit 63rd Street 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5029 St. Joseph Hospital 40 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.