Electric power distribution systems · Kansas

FreeState Electric coop

Topeka, KS · ~81 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

FreeState Electric coop runs at 625% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Electric power distribution systems workplace, earning a grade F.

FreeState Electric coop: 7.5 TCR = 625% of Electric power distribution systems BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

FreeState Electric coop safety composite

FreeState Electric coop scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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

−13.7

2021→2024

FreeState Electric coop injury rate improved

FreeState Electric coop's TCR fell 13.7 from 13.8 in 2021 to 0.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 13.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=13.8 · 2022=5.4 · 2023=10.7 · 2024=0.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Topeka, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.5 · 625% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #33/35
  • PHOTO Western Service Cent…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~81 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Western Service Center-1B (0.0 TCR gap)

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FreeState Electric coop in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows FreeState Electric coop averages 7.5 TCR (625% of the Electric power distribution systems BLS benchmark).

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

FreeState Electric coop TCR series: 2021=13.8 · 2022=5.4 · 2023=10.7 · 2024=0.1 · BLS 1.2

Where FreeState Electric coop falls in its industry

2,958 Electric power distribution sy establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 35 Electric power distribution sy employers in Kansas.

FreeState Electric coop (81 employees, TCR 7.5) 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 FreeState Electric coop
FreeState Electric coop (81 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

FreeState Electric coop has more employees than the Electric power distribution systems 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 0.1 0.0 2 4 0
2023 10.7 2.7 5 3 0
2022 5.4 0.0 0 4 0
2021 13.8 8.3 6 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · KS · Topeka

2,958 Electric power distribution systems employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 319 employers in Topeka, KS · 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 Western Service Center-1B 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR FREMONT MATERIALS FACILITY 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Garfield Operations Center-932 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clarke-Washington Electric Membership Corporation 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fairleigh Feed Yard 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tippins 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE WC Maize 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arconic Aerospace Center 81 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stormont Vail Health - Hospital 2,589 FTE
CITY-NEAR Goodyear Tire Rubber Company 1,563 FTE
CITY-NEAR Goodyear Topeka 1,499 FTE
CITY-NEAR The University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus 1,417 FTE
NAT-TCR Healthsource Saginaw 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR PDX-ITP 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 10434 Del Mar 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lins St. George 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Raritan-Millstone/Canal Road Water Treatment Plant 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE D-A Lebanon 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE USA Central 81 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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