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

KCP&L - LaCygne Generating Facility

Lacygne, KS · ~231 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KCP&L - LaCygne Generating Facility runs at 203% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) workplace, earning a grade F.

KCP&L - LaCygne Generating Facility: 2.4 TCR = 203% of Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KCP&L - LaCygne Generating Facility safety composite

KCP&L - LaCygne Generating Facility scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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 - LaCygne Generating Facility: 1.9 → 2.6 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 2.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.47× in 2018

KCP&L - LaCygne Generating Facility's TCR rose 0.7 from 1.9 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · Lacygne, KS ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 2.4 · 203% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #6/10
  • PHOTO Corpus Christi Energ…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~231 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Corpus Christi Energy Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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KCP&L - LaCygne Generating Facility in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KCP&L - LaCygne Generating Facility averages 2.4 TCR (203% 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 - LaCygne Generating Facility TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=2.6 · BLS 1.2

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

846 Electric power generation, fos establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 10 Electric power generation, fos employers in Kansas.

KCP&L - LaCygne Generating Facility (231 employees, TCR 2.4) 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 - LaCygne Generating Facility
KCP&L - LaCygne Generating Facility (231 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

KCP&L - LaCygne 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 2.6 1.1 7 0 0
2017 2.7 1.9 6 1 0
2016 1.9 1.6 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · KS · Lacygne

846 Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 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 Corpus Christi Energy Center 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hennepin Power Station 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oak Grove Steam Electric Station 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Schiller Station 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE 186 231 FTE
STATE-SIZE 8027066 Mars Topeka KS 231 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Century 230 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bagcraft - Baxter Springs 230 FTE
CITY-NEAR LaCygne Energy Center 193 FTE
NAT-TCR Maxim Healthcare- Allentown 339 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sales - Skyline Towers, Atlantic City 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR AMRI Albuquerque 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Myers Construction 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE VF Jeanswear El Paso DC 231 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jackson (State Highway V) 231 FTE
NAT-SIZE Janus Global Operations LLC 231 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grande Home Office 231 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.