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

KCP&L - Hawthorn Generating Facility

Kansas City, MO · ~150 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KCP&L - Hawthorn Generating Facility runs at 150% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) workplace, earning a grade D.

KCP&L - Hawthorn Generating Facility: 1.8 TCR = 150% of Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KCP&L - Hawthorn Generating Facility safety composite

KCP&L - Hawthorn Generating Facility scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

KCP&L - Hawthorn Generating Facility: 0.6 → 2.2 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 2.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.91× in 2018

KCP&L - Hawthorn Generating Facility's TCR rose 1.6 from 0.6 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · Kansas City, MO ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 1.8 · 150% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #15/42
  • PHOTO Quail Run Energy Par…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~150 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Quail Run Energy Partners LP (0.0 TCR gap)

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KCP&L - Hawthorn Generating Facility in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KCP&L - Hawthorn Generating Facility averages 1.8 TCR (150% 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

KCP&L - Hawthorn Generating Facility TCR series: 2016=0.6 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=2.2 · BLS 1.2

Where KCP&L - Hawthorn Generating Facility falls in its industry

846 Electric power generation, fos establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 42 Electric power generation, fos employers in Missouri.

KCP&L - Hawthorn Generating Facility (150 employees, TCR 1.8) 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 KCP&L - Hawthorn Generating Facility
KCP&L - Hawthorn Generating Facility (150 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

KCP&L - Hawthorn Generating Facility has more employees than the Electric power generation, fossil fuel ( median and a higher 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
2018 2.2 1.6 4 0 0
2017 2.6 1.3 4 0 0
2016 0.6 0.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · MO · Kansas City

846 Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 1,023 employers in Kansas City, MO · 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 Quail Run Energy Partners LP 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brunner Island 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Sandy Plant 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR KCP&L - Sibley Generating Facility 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Global Earthwork and Underground 150 FTE
STATE-SIZE BAM Contracting, LLC 150 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thomas Industrial Coatings & Thomas Equipment & Management 150 FTE
STATE-SIZE ACGI a Subsidary of Armstong World Industries 150 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mass Service Organization 11,859 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hallmark Cards Mass Channel 11,578 FTE
CITY-NEAR Global Merchandising Services (GMS) 9,548 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's Mercy - Missouri 7,709 FTE
NAT-TCR Walter Scott, Jr. Energy Center 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Trinity ADC - Aerospace Ground Equipment (AGE) Eglin, Air Force Base (AFB) 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR SPPAL Corporate 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Covington Container 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE HoneywellTX55 150 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2573-MD027 150 FTE
NAT-SIZE Missisquoi Mill 150 FTE
NAT-SIZE Provisur Technologies Whitewater 150 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.