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

Dan E Karn 3&4

Essexville, MI · ~37 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dan E Karn 3&4 runs at 51% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric workplace, earning a grade B.

Dan E Karn 3&4: 0.6 TCR = 51% of Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric BLS 1.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dan E Karn 3&4 safety composite

Dan E Karn 3&4 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

Dan E Karn 3&4: 0.0 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 3.0 TCR · DART/TCR 4.97× in 2020

Dan E Karn 3&4's TCR rose 3.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 4.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · Essexville, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 0.6 · 51% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #3/24
  • PHOTO 00601 MERWIN HYDRO P…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 00601 MERWIN HYDRO PLNT (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dan E Karn 3&4 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dan E Karn 3&4 averages 0.6 TCR (51% 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

Dan E Karn 3&4 TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=3 · BLS 1.2

Where Dan E Karn 3&4 falls in its industry

846 Power generation, fossil fuel establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 24 Power generation, fossil fuel employers in Michigan.

Dan E Karn 3&4 (37 employees, TCR 0.6) 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 Dan E Karn 3&4
Dan E Karn 3&4 (37 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Dan E Karn 3&4 has fewer employees than the Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coa 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
2020 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · MI · Essexville

846 Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 10 employers in Essexville, MI · 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 00601 MERWIN HYDRO PLNT 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Keystone Generating Station 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Belews Creek Steam Station 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Entergy Choctaw County Generation Station 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Full Circle Dairy 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dakota Plains Dairy 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE East River Genetic Services LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iron Mountain Hydro 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Karn-Weadock Admin Building 147 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dan E Karn 1&2 125 FTE
CITY-NEAR 018-00635 115 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jacks Essexville 56 FTE
NAT-TCR Bayfront Steam Plant 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR CentrePointe 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR DGS Aviation Services : HPN - White Plains 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Fort Smallwood Shops 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cal Pac Sheet Metal Inc 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Hills Farm Services 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dms Window Cleaning & Metalcare 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0000000100 Quickchek Food Stores 37 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.