Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground · Michigan

Midwest Energy Cooperative

Cassopolis, MI · ~154 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Midwest Energy Cooperative runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground workplace, earning a grade D.

Midwest Energy Cooperative: 3.8 TCR = 135% of Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midwest Energy Cooperative safety composite

Midwest Energy Cooperative scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−5.3

2017→2024

Midwest Energy Cooperative injury rate improved

Midwest Energy Cooperative's TCR fell 5.3 from 5.9 in 2017 to 0.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.9 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Cassopolis, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.8 · 135% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #46/54
  • PHOTO Diversified Solution…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~154 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Diversified Solutions, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Midwest Energy Cooperative in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Midwest Energy Cooperative averages 3.8 TCR (135% of the Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground BLS benchmark).

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

Midwest Energy Cooperative TCR series: 2017=5.9 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=0.6 · BLS 2.8

Where Midwest Energy Cooperative falls in its industry

1,605 Cable laying (e.g., cable tele establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #46 safest of 54 Cable laying (e.g., cable tele employers in Michigan.

Midwest Energy Cooperative (154 employees, TCR 3.8) 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 Midwest Energy Cooperative
Midwest Energy Cooperative (154 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Midwest Energy Cooperative has more employees than the Cable laying (e.g., cable television, el 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 0.6 0.6 1 0 0
2023 3.4 2.8 6 0 0
2022 5.2 4.1 9 0 0
2017 5.9 2.2 5 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · MI · Cassopolis

1,605 Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 14 employers in Cassopolis, MI · 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 Diversified Solutions, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR PAU:PA035 - PA035-Pauley Constr-CO Springs 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR NCI:NI701 - NI701-Vansant, VA 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR NA-US-CA-San Jose-2711 N 1st St 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE OCG Companies 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shoreline Fruit, LLC - Williamsburg 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE Louisiana-Pacific Sagola 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE Profile Films 154 FTE
CITY-NEAR Postle Extrusion 175 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cass County Medical Care Facility 153 FTE
CITY-NEAR Midwest Energy & Communications 137 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cass County Medical Care Faciility 128 FTE
NAT-TCR Recycling Coordinators Inc 600 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Greiner Electric of Wyoming 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Pearson 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 293007-Dennis-Yarmouth | MA | 293007 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Health and Wellness Administration 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crown Cork and Seal - Martinsville Plant 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pech Optical 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of St. Augustine 154 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, 2023, 2022, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.