Electric power transmission line and tower construction · Minnesota

Karian Peterson Power Line Contracting LLC

Montevideo, MN · ~45 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Karian Peterson Power Line Contracting LLC runs at 531% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Electric power transmission line and tower construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Karian Peterson Power Line Contracting LLC: 14.9 TCR = 531% of Electric power transmission line and tower construction BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Karian Peterson Power Line Contracting LLC safety composite

Karian Peterson Power Line Contracting LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.6

2018→2024

Karian Peterson Power Line Contracting LLC injury rate improved

Karian Peterson Power Line Contracting LLC's TCR fell 0.6 from 18.8 in 2018 to 18.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 18.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=18.8 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=8.6 · 2021=18.5 · 2022=18.4 · 2024=18.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Montevideo, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.9 · 531% of ind

  • DART 8.1 DART
  • RANK #34/38
  • PHOTO Lewis County Rural E…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 33 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lewis County Rural Electric Cooperative (0.1 TCR gap)

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Karian Peterson Power Line Contracting LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Karian Peterson Power Line Contracting LLC averages 14.9 TCR (531% of the Electric power transmission line and tower construction BLS benchmark).

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

Karian Peterson Power Line Contracting LLC TCR series: 2018=18.8 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=8.6 · 2021=18.5 · 2022=18.4 · 2024=18.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Karian Peterson Power Line Contracting LLC falls in its industry

1,605 Electric power transmission li establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 38 Electric power transmission li employers in Minnesota.

Karian Peterson Power Line Contracting LLC (45 employees, TCR 14.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Karian Peterson Power Line Contracting LLC
Karian Peterson Power Line Contracting LLC (45 employees, TCR 14.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Karian Peterson Power Line Contracting LLC has fewer employees than the Electric power transmission line and tow median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 18.3 8.1 8 1 0
2022 18.4 6.9 8 0 0
2021 18.5 8.2 4 5 0
2020 8.6 6.5 4 0 0
2019 6.7 4.5 3 0 0
2018 18.8 13.4 6 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · MN · Montevideo

1,605 Electric power transmission line and tower construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 35 employers in Montevideo, 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 Lewis County Rural Electric Cooperative 15.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR NA-US-CA-Foster City-Foster City Boulevard 15.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main Office 15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Circle H Construction, Inc. 15.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE District 45 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allstar Construction Commercial Op Co, LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Doran Construction Company, LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hasslen Construction Company, Inc. 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Montevideo Plant 329 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1858 204 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1858 184 FTE
CITY-NEAR PLANT 9 170 FTE
NAT-TCR Pierce Memorial Baptist Home 14.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Construction 14.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Milk Industry Management Co d.b.a Balford Farms 14.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 2031 - Sacramento 14.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Southerland Transport LLC 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corridor Network Construction, Inc 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bicycle Street Inn & Waterfront Collection 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tri County Insulation Santa Clara 45 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.