Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric · Minnesota

Mankato Energy Center

Mankato, MN · ~23 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mankato Energy Center runs at 470% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric workplace, earning a grade F.

Mankato Energy Center: 5.6 TCR = 470% of Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mankato Energy Center safety composite

Mankato Energy Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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%).

Mankato Energy Center held a steady TCR band

Mankato Energy Center's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 14.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=0.0 · 2021=14.7 · 2022=7.8 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · Mankato, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.6 · 470% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #21/24
  • PHOTO Welsh Plant
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Welsh Plant (0.1 TCR gap)

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Mankato Energy Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mankato Energy Center averages 5.6 TCR (470% of the Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric BLS benchmark).

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

Mankato Energy Center TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=14.7 · 2022=7.8 · 2023=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Mankato Energy Center falls in its industry

846 Power generation, fossil fuel establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 24 Power generation, fossil fuel employers in Minnesota.

Mankato Energy Center (23 employees, TCR 5.6) 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 Mankato Energy Center
Mankato Energy Center (23 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Mankato Energy Center has fewer employees than the Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coa 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 7.8 3.9 1 1 0
2021 14.7 0.0 1 3 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · MN · Mankato

846 Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 214 employers in Mankato, 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 Welsh Plant 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pine Belt Service Center 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CA-Shaver Lake S/C 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trenton Channel Power Point 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Brooten 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Dairy, Alpha Foods, LLP 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE MNHT-SEL-HIGHWAY 12' 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fergus Falls CSC 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Minnesota State University, Mankato 2,729 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mayo Clinic Health System-Mankato 2,468 FTE
CITY-NEAR MRCI - Premier Drive 1,641 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mankato Area Public Schools 1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR Plant 29 Precast 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sebastian River Medical Center 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR MC Residential Communities LLC 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR H.H. Dobbins Inc. 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Black Street 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kankakee River Metropolitan Agency 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marysville, OH 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Hemlock Building 23 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, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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