Distribution of electric power · Minnesota

Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative

Aitkin, MN · ~47 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.6
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative runs at 630% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade F.

Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative: 7.6 TCR = 630% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative safety composite

Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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).

F

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative: 0.0 → 7.0 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 16.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.61× in 2024

Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative's TCR rose 7.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 7.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 16.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Aitkin, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 630% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #72/85
  • PHOTO THE MONROE COUNTY EL…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: THE MONROE COUNTY ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative averages 7.6 TCR (630% of the Distribution of electric power BLS benchmark).

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

Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative TCR series: 2017=0 · 2019=12.3 · 2020=5.9 · 2021=4 · 2022=16.1 · 2024=7 · BLS 1.2

Where Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative falls in its industry

2,958 Distribution of electric power establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #72 safest of 85 Distribution of electric power employers in Minnesota.

Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative (47 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative
Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative (47 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative has fewer employees than the Distribution of electric power median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2024 7.0 4.6 3 0 0
2022 16.1 11.5 7 0 0
2021 4.0 2.0 1 1 0
2020 5.9 0.0 3 0 0
2019 12.3 12.3 5 1 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · MN · Aitkin

2,958 Distribution of electric power employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 26 employers in Aitkin, 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 THE MONROE COUNTY ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR South Beloit Office 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Noah's Ark Operating 1704 Noah's Ark Rd Jonesboro 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gunnison Headquarters 7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Staples 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Campbell 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Willmar Live Haul 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Energy Center Minneapolis 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverwood Hospital 373 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverwood Healthcare Center - Hospital 317 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aitkin County 242 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aitkin High School 115 FTE
NAT-TCR Davie Yard 430 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR LAFAYETTE 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Lucerne Feed Delivery -Est 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR PACE Reasner 7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Heritage Harvesting, Inc. 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Murray - Corporate 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Russellville 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE CIA 47 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017. 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.