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

Hardin Generating Station

Name: Hardin Generating Station Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Hardin, MT · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.7
Avg TCR: 1.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hardin Generating Station runs at 644% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric workplace, earning a grade F.

Hardin Generating Station: 7.7 TCR = 644% of Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hardin Generating Station safety composite

Hardin Generating Station scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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).

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers
DART rate: F 6.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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

Hardin Generating Station: 2.8 → 12.7 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 12.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.82× in 2017

Hardin Generating Station's TCR rose 9.9 from 2.8 in 2016 to 12.7 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · Hardin, MT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 644% of ind

DART 6.3 DART
RANK #4/4
PHOTO Genoa #3
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Genoa #3 (0.0 TCR gap)

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7.7
Genoa #3

7.7
Granite Shore

7.5
Hibbing Public

7.5
City of Burban

7.4

What this shows Hardin Generating Station averages 7.7 TCR (644% of the Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric BLS benchmark).

Hardin Generating Station TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=12.7 · BLS 1.2

Where Hardin Generating Station falls in its industry

846 Power generation, fossil fuel establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Montana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Power generation, fossil fuel employers in Montana.

Hardin Generating Station (35 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Hardin Generating Station has fewer employees than the Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coa 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
2017	12.7	6.3	4	0	0
2016	2.8	2.8	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · MT · Hardin

846 Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,536 rated employers in Montana with headcount on file · 7 employers in Hardin, MT · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Genoa #3	LA CROSSE, WI	7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Granite Shore Power	BOW, NH	7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hibbing Public Utilities	HIBBING, MN	7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	City of Burbank - Burbank Water and Power - Elec. Equipment	BURBANK, CA	7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Roundup Yard	ROUNDUP	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	High Country Paving	BELGRADE	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mountain Meadow Herbs	SOMERS	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	American Steel Inc.	BILLINGS	35 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bighorn Valley Health Center	Hardin	247 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Big Horn Hospital	Hardin	135 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Big Horn Senior Living	Hardin	66 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Heorot Power	Hardin	42 FTE
NAT-TCR	Savannah (Gasna)	Savannah, GA	7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Gardena Hub (Cagar)	Gardena, CA	7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	South Broadway Nursing Home	New Philadelphia, OH	7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Suddekor at East Longmeadow	East Longmeadow, MA	7.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	3620 Sws of Ga-Brunswick	Brunswick, GA	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fairfield Inn & Suites	Verona, WI	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Holiday Inn Harborview	Port Washington, WI	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	House of Color, Inc.	Bismarck, ND	35 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: 2017, 2016. 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.