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

Gowanus Generating Station

Brooklyn, NY · ~16 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gowanus Generating Station runs at 374% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) workplace, earning a grade F.

Gowanus Generating Station: 4.5 TCR = 374% of Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gowanus Generating Station safety composite

Gowanus Generating Station scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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%).

TCR Δ

−9.0

2021→2022

Gowanus Generating Station injury rate improved

Gowanus Generating Station's TCR fell 9.0 from 9.0 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 9.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=9.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 4.5 · 374% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #25/29
  • PHOTO Moss Landing Power C…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~16 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Moss Landing Power Company LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gowanus Generating Station in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gowanus Generating Station averages 4.5 TCR (374% 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

Gowanus Generating Station TCR series: 2021=9 · 2022=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Gowanus Generating Station falls in its industry

846 Electric power generation, fos establishments

Safer than 8% 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 #25 safest of 29 Electric power generation, fos employers in New York.

Gowanus Generating Station (16 employees, TCR 4.5) 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 Gowanus Generating Station
Gowanus Generating Station (16 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Gowanus Generating Station 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 9.0 4.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · NY · Brooklyn

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 · 941 employers in Brooklyn, NY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Moss Landing Power Company LLC 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Knox Lee 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mountaineer 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northeastern 3 and 4 Plant 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE RG&E Lakeshore/Sodus 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sparx Construction Company 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE EHA of Buffalo, Inc 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tillman Infrastructure HQ 16 FTE
CITY-NEAR EDI - Brooklyn 946 9,270 FTE
CITY-NEAR S & A Unified Home Care, Inc. 7,782 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maimonides Medical Center 6,641 FTE
CITY-NEAR NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn 5,690 FTE
NAT-TCR Tropical Shell & Gift 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Barlean's Oils 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR PVC of Orange City 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR HG380 4.5 TCR

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: 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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