Distribution of electric power · Iowa

Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative

Name: Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Estherville, IA · ~63 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 11.7
Avg TCR: 1.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative runs at 973% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade F.

Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative: 11.7 TCR = 973% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative safety composite

Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative 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).

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 11.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative: 4.3 → 14.4 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 15.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.14× in 2023

Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative's TCR rose 10.1 from 4.3 in 2016 to 14.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 15.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 11.7 · 973% of ind

DART 1.6 DART
RANK #61/64
PHOTO VAN NUYS COML OFC
BOOK 5y book
INJ 32 inj
SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: VAN NUYS COML OFC (0.0 TCR gap)

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11.7
VAN NUYS COML

11.7
LaPLata Electr

11.7
COLMA SERVICE

11.7
Electric Divis

11.7

What this shows Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative averages 11.7 TCR (973% of the Distribution of electric power BLS benchmark).

Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2019=11.9 · 2021=12.6 · 2022=15.2 · 2023=14.4 · BLS 1.2

Where Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative 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.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #61 safest of 64 Distribution of electric power employers in Iowa.

Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative (63 employees, TCR 11.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative 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
2023	14.4	1.6	5	4
2022	15.2	0.0	10	0
2021	12.6	0.0	8	0
2019	11.9	0.0	6	2
2016	4.3	0.0	3	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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	VAN NUYS COML OFC	VAN NUYS, CA	11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	LaPLata Electric Assn.	PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO	11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	COLMA SERVICE CENTER	COLMA, CA	11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Electric Division	WALLINGFORD, CT	11.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Cherokee-US-Production	AURELIA	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	D.R. Horton, Inc. - Iowa, LLC	DES MOINES	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Keen Project Solutions	AMES	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MAS	BROOKLYN	63 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Avera Holy Family Hospital	Estherville	175 FTE
CITY-NEAR	GKN Armstrong Wheels - Estherville	Estherville	139 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Redwood Farms Meat Processors	Estherville	130 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Moveero Estherville Iowa	Estherville	114 FTE
NAT-TCR	196 St Johns Town Center	Jacksonville, FL	11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	D-Lux Screen Printing	Holmen, WI	11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Brookside Inn	Castle Rock, CO	11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mgb Construction, Inc	Riverside, CA	11.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	068 Village of Channahon	Channahon, IL	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Silgan Containers Sacramento	Sacramento, CA	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Northwest EMS, Inc.	Elizabethtown, PA	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Speer Industries	Columbus, OH	63 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 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.