Electric power generation, wind · Texas

Independent Wind Solutions LLC.

Merkel, TX · ~56 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Independent Wind Solutions LLC. runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Electric power generation, wind workplace, earning a grade A.

Independent Wind Solutions LLC.: 0.5 TCR = 38% of Electric power generation, wind BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Independent Wind Solutions LLC. safety composite

Independent Wind Solutions LLC. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Independent Wind Solutions LLC.: 0.0 → 1.3 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 1.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2022

Independent Wind Solutions LLC.'s TCR rose 1.3 from 0.0 in 2020 to 1.3 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221115 · Merkel, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 38% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/22
  • PHOTO SWECO - Chicago
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SWECO - Chicago (0.0 TCR gap)

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Independent Wind Solutions LLC. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Independent Wind Solutions LLC. averages 0.5 TCR (38% of the Electric power generation, wind BLS benchmark).

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

Independent Wind Solutions LLC. TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=1.3 · BLS 1.2

Where Independent Wind Solutions LLC. falls in its industry

64 Electric power generation, win establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 22 Electric power generation, win employers in Texas.

Independent Wind Solutions LLC. (56 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 1.4 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 01,0002,0003,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Independent Wind Solutions LLC.
Independent Wind Solutions LLC. (56 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 1.4

Independent Wind Solutions LLC. has more employees than the Electric power generation, wind median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.4. 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 1.3 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221115 · TX · Merkel

64 Electric power generation, wind employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5 employers in Merkel, TX · 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 SWECO - Chicago 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jackson Generating Station 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR RWE Renewables Services LLC-Roscoe 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Apex Clean Energy 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Native Texas Nursery 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dalhart Cattle Feeders 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oasis Gin, Inc 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Comyn GP Shelling Plant 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Taylor Electric Cooperative 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buffalo Gap 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Merkel 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spring Market #725 19 FTE
NAT-TCR Sweco 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Pioneer Service Inc 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Lewis Nursery 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Progressive Environmental Industries, Inc 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Piedmont Regional Jail Authority 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lakeside Foods, Inc 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jesel, Inc. 56 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: 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.