Distribution of electric power · Iowa

Iowa Lakes Electric Coop

Estherville, IA · ~64 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.2
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Iowa Lakes Electric Coop runs at 934% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade F.

Iowa Lakes Electric Coop: 11.2 TCR = 934% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Iowa Lakes Electric Coop safety composite

Iowa Lakes Electric Coop scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−15.5

2017→2020

Iowa Lakes Electric Coop injury rate improved

Iowa Lakes Electric Coop's TCR fell 15.5 from 18.6 in 2017 to 3.1 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 18.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=18.6 · 2018=11.9 · 2020=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Estherville, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.2 · 934% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #59/64
  • PHOTO City Of Salem-Electric
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City Of Salem-Electric (0.0 TCR gap)

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Iowa Lakes Electric Coop in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Iowa Lakes Electric Coop averages 11.2 TCR (934% of the Distribution of electric power BLS benchmark).

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

Iowa Lakes Electric Coop TCR series: 2017=18.6 · 2018=11.9 · 2020=3.1 · BLS 1.2

Where Iowa Lakes Electric Coop falls in its industry

2,958 Distribution of electric power establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #59 safest of 64 Distribution of electric power employers in Iowa.

Iowa Lakes Electric Coop (64 employees, TCR 11.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
Iowa Lakes Electric Coop (64 employees, TCR 11.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Iowa Lakes Electric Coop has more employees than the Distribution of electric power median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2020 3.1 0.0 2 0 0
2018 11.9 0.0 7 1 0
2017 18.6 2.9 11 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · IA · Estherville

2,958 Distribution of electric power employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 17 employers in Estherville, IA · 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 City Of Salem-Electric 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR NVREC 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR FLEET OPERATONS TRAINING 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR LADWP 18144 DEVONSHIRE 11.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Renwick REN1 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bilfinger Industrial Services, Inc 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heartland Asphalt, Inc. 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aspro, Inc. 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR Avera Holy Family Hospital 175 FTE
CITY-NEAR GKN Armstrong Wheels - Estherville 139 FTE
CITY-NEAR Redwood Farms Meat Processors 130 FTE
CITY-NEAR Moveero Estherville Iowa 114 FTE
NAT-TCR Pacific Oyster Co. 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Mercury Dining Room & Rail 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR NOR 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Destin Healthcare Center 11.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Washington Orthopaedic Center 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Headquarters 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mid-State Lumer Corp 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE GE Mechanical Inc. 64 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: 2020, 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.