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

Hibbing Public Utilities

Hibbing, MN · ~65 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

Hibbing Public Utilities runs at 622% 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.

Hibbing Public Utilities: 7.5 TCR = 622% of Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hibbing Public Utilities safety composite

Hibbing Public Utilities scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

Hibbing Public Utilities: 2.0 → 8.3 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 12.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.12× in 2024

Hibbing Public Utilities's TCR rose 6.3 from 2.0 in 2021 to 8.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 12.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · Hibbing, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.5 · 622% of ind

  • DART 8.3 DART
  • RANK #24/24
  • PHOTO Granite Shore Power
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Granite Shore Power (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hibbing Public Utilities in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hibbing Public Utilities averages 7.5 TCR (622% of the Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric BLS benchmark).

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

Hibbing Public Utilities TCR series: 2021=2 · 2022=12 · 2023=7.5 · 2024=8.3 · BLS 1.2

Where Hibbing Public Utilities 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.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 24 Power generation, fossil fuel employers in Minnesota.

Hibbing Public Utilities (65 employees, TCR 7.5) 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 Hibbing Public Utilities
Hibbing Public Utilities (65 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Hibbing Public Utilities has more 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
2024 8.3 8.3 6 0 0
2023 7.5 6.0 5 0 0
2022 12.0 3.4 7 0 0
2021 2.0 2.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · MN · Hibbing

846 Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 53 employers in Hibbing, 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 Granite Shore Power 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Burbank - Burbank Water and Power - Elec. Equipment 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Transalta centralia generation 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hardin Generating Station 7.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lake Prairie 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Virginia Public Utilities 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michels Utility Services Inc-MN-Lakeville 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Albert Lea Office and Shop 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR FV - Range Medical Center 811 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2937 247 FTE
CITY-NEAR L&M Radiator 246 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2937 237 FTE
NAT-TCR Knouse Foods orrtanna 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Connecticut Container Corp 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Denison 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR IronShore Contracting 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Diamondback Marine 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Double Dutch Dairy LLC 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Accura healthcare of Stanton 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corning Natural Gas Corporation 65 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.