Distribution of electric power · Minnesota

Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative

Albert Lea, MN · ~64 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative runs at 430% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade F.

Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative: 5.2 TCR = 430% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative safety composite

Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.9

2021→2024

Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative injury rate improved

Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative's TCR fell 1.9 from 5.3 in 2021 to 3.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=5.3 · 2022=10.3 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Albert Lea, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.2 · 430% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #53/85
  • PHOTO East-Central Iowa Ru…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: East-Central Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative (0.0 TCR gap)

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Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative averages 5.2 TCR (430% 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

Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative TCR series: 2021=5.3 · 2022=10.3 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 1.2

Where Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative falls in its industry

2,958 Distribution of electric power establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #53 safest of 85 Distribution of electric power employers in Minnesota.

Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative (64 employees, TCR 5.2) 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 Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative
Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative (64 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative has more 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
2024 3.4 1.7 2 0 0
2023 1.7 0.0 1 0 0
2022 10.3 5.1 5 1 0
2021 5.3 1.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · MN · Albert Lea

2,958 Distribution of electric power employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 93 employers in Albert Lea, MN · 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 East-Central Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR PEC-Canyon Lake 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Electric Cooperative, Inc. 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR PALMETTO CONSTRUCTION 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE PILGRIMS PRIDE HATCHERIES 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nativity of the Blessed Virgin 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thomas Grace Construction, Inc. 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE CommonBond: Seward Tower East 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mayo Clinic Health System-Albert Lea 825 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lou-Rich Front Street 277 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1020 262 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1020 261 FTE
NAT-TCR Interstate Mechanical Contractors, Inc. 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Long Term Acute Care Hospital 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Superior Essex Communications LLC 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Acosta Tractors, Inc. 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Federal Contract Tinker Custodial O&M 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Blue Grass Metals 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jayhawk Boxes Inc 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Howmet - Branford 64 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.