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

Hoot Lake Plant

Fergus Falls, MN · ~29 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hoot Lake Plant runs at 91% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) workplace, earning a grade C.

Hoot Lake Plant: 1.1 TCR = 91% of Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) BLS 1.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hoot Lake Plant safety composite

Hoot Lake Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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

−5.5

2017→2021

Hoot Lake Plant injury rate improved

Hoot Lake Plant's TCR fell 5.5 from 5.5 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.5 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · Fergus Falls, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 1.1 · 91% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/24
  • PHOTO Harrison
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Harrison (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hoot Lake Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hoot Lake Plant averages 1.1 TCR (91% 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

Hoot Lake Plant TCR series: 2017=5.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Hoot Lake Plant falls in its industry

846 Electric power generation, fos establishments

Safer than 63% 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 #6 safest of 24 Electric power generation, fos employers in Minnesota.

Hoot Lake Plant (29 employees, TCR 1.1) 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 Hoot Lake Plant
Hoot Lake Plant (29 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Hoot Lake Plant has fewer employees than the Electric power generation, fossil fuel ( median and a lower 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 5.5 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · MN · Fergus Falls

846 Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 77 employers in Fergus Falls, 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 Harrison 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR NRG - Limestone Power Plant 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lauderdale Plant 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR EW Brown Station 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Northern Plains Dairy LLP 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE The tru Shrimp Company 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2530-Redwood Falls, MN-FND (Monsanto Co.) 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kasota Stone Fabricators 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lake Region Healthcare Corporation 828 FTE
CITY-NEAR LB Homes 286 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1696 272 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1696 237 FTE
NAT-TCR Hq Rh 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Amerochem Corporation 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Primoris Services Corporation-Equipment East 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Golden Years Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Burckhardt Compression (US) Inc. 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Houston & Harris PCS, Inc. 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Bicycle Hotel & Casino 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE 154 Seattle Gallery 29 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.