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

KCP&L - Lake Road Generating Facility

Name: KCP&L - Lake Road Generating Facility Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

St. Joseph, MO · ~82 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 2.5
Avg TCR: 1.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

KCP&L - Lake Road Generating Facility runs at 212% 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 - Lake Road Generating Facility: 2.5 TCR = 212% of Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KCP&L - Lake Road Generating Facility safety composite

KCP&L - Lake Road Generating Facility scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 2.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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 - Lake Road Generating Facility: 0.0 → 4.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 4.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.63× in 2018

KCP&L - Lake Road Generating Facility's TCR rose 4.2 from 0.0 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · St. Joseph, MO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 2.5 · 212% of ind

DART 4.2 DART
RANK #24/42
PHOTO Plant Yates
BOOK 3y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~82 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Plant Yates (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.6
This site

2.5
Plant Yates

2.5
Wilkes Plant

2.5
00722 WYODAK P

2.5

What this shows KCP&L - Lake Road Generating Facility averages 2.5 TCR (212% of the Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) BLS benchmark).

KCP&L - Lake Road Generating Facility TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=4.2 · BLS 1.2

Where KCP&L - Lake Road Generating Facility falls in its industry

846 Electric power generation, fos establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 42 Electric power generation, fos employers in Missouri.

KCP&L - Lake Road Generating Facility (82 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

KCP&L - Lake Road 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
2018	4.2	4.2	4	0
2017	3.5	1.2	2	1
2016	0.0	0.0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · MO · St. Joseph

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 · 101 employers in St. Joseph, MO · 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	Plant Yates	ATLANTA, GA	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Wilkes Plant	AVINGER, TX	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	00722 WYODAK PLANT	GILLETTE, WY	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Coast Service Center	GULFPORT, MS	2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Bordner Home Improvement	RAYTOWN	82 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Storee Construction Co	SPRINGFIELD	82 FTE
STATE-SIZE	K & E Flatwork LLC	KANSAS CITY	82 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Power Up Electrical. LLC	ST. LOUIS	82 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MW	St. Joseph	1,685 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health	St. Joseph	961 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Joseph Community Office	St. Joseph	631 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Joseph MO DAP	St. Joseph	622 FTE
NAT-TCR	AW ALF Ops CO, LLC D/B/A LakeWest Assisted Living	Dallas, TX	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Country Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center	Corsicana, TX	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Penske : 5109-00 Ford-DCM-ODC/Coldwater, MI	Coldwater, MI	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	KTL 53010 Green Bay	Green Bay, WI	2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Supervalu Distribution Center - Quincy 38081	Quincy, FL	82 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Trisun Care Center Coastal Palms	Portland, TX	82 FTE
NAT-SIZE	FGG Herndon	Herndon, VA	82 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Site Amenities	Mcalester, OK	82 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.