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

Empire Generating Co, LLC

Rensselaer, NY · ~21 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Empire Generating Co, LLC runs at 130% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) workplace, earning a grade D.

Empire Generating Co, LLC: 1.6 TCR = 130% of Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Empire Generating Co, LLC safety composite

Empire Generating Co, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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%).

Empire Generating Co, LLC held a steady TCR band

Empire Generating Co, LLC's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · Rensselaer, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 1.6 · 130% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/29
  • PHOTO Minnkota Headquarter…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Minnkota Headquarters (Grand Forks) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Empire Generating Co, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Empire Generating Co, LLC averages 1.6 TCR (130% 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

Empire Generating Co, LLC TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Empire Generating Co, LLC falls in its industry

846 Electric power generation, fos establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 29 Electric power generation, fos employers in New York.

Empire Generating Co, LLC (21 employees, TCR 1.6) 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 Empire Generating Co, LLC
Empire Generating Co, LLC (21 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Empire Generating Co, LLC has fewer 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2022 5.1 5.1 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.4 4.4 1 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 · NY · Rensselaer

846 Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 34 employers in Rensselaer, NY · 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 Minnkota Headquarters (Grand Forks) 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lea Power Partners, LLC 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Newington Energy 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR KCP&L - F&M Service Center 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Chambers Valley Farms, Inc. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mulligan Family Farm LLC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dziedzic Farms LLC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pine Hollow Dairy LLC 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Regeneron - Industrial Operations and Product Supply (IOPS) 3,669 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-ZALB 599 FTE
CITY-NEAR New York Independent System Operator, Inc. 569 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1940 379 FTE
NAT-TCR Owens Companies, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbus Instruments, LLC 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR McArthur homes 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlantic Aviation - RIL 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Morningview Estates 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Superior Hearth Spa & Leisure 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harrell Milling Company, Inc 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc. 21 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.