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

Nelson Energy Center

Rock Falls, IL · ~24 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nelson Energy Center runs at 238% 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.

Nelson Energy Center: 2.9 TCR = 238% of Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) BLS 1.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nelson Energy Center safety composite

Nelson Energy Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 0%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% 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

Nelson Energy Center: 0.0 → 11.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 11.1 TCR · DART/TCR 3.89× in 2024

Nelson Energy Center's TCR rose 11.1 from 0.0 in 2016 to 11.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 3.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · Rock Falls, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 2.9 · 238% of ind

  • DART 11.1 DART
  • RANK #22/28
  • PHOTO Holcomb Station
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Holcomb Station (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nelson Energy Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nelson Energy Center averages 2.9 TCR (238% 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

Nelson Energy Center TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=4 · 2020=7.8 · 2021=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=11.1 · BLS 1.2

Where Nelson Energy Center falls in its industry

846 Electric power generation, fos establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 28 Electric power generation, fos employers in Illinois.

Nelson Energy Center (24 employees, TCR 2.9) 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 Nelson Energy Center
Nelson Energy Center (24 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Nelson Energy Center has fewer 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
2024 11.1 11.1 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 7.8 0.0 1 1 0
2019 4.0 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · IL · Rock Falls

846 Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 22 employers in Rock Falls, IL · 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 Holcomb Station 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Joppa Power Station 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Morgantown Energy Associates - NRG Energy Services 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Salem Harbor Station 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE C70 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hecate Grid LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG DeKalb Reporting Center 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - IL Gas Pipeline Safety 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR IFH Group Inc 158 FTE
CITY-NEAR The IFH Group, Inc. 142 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 830 103 FTE
CITY-NEAR 830 102 FTE
NAT-TCR Cub Foods Chaska - 5613 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Daisy Brand Garland 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Cabinet Max Corporation 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ncgol - Goldsboro Center 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE All American Water Restoration, Inc. 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Riverside Community Ventures 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Custom Craftworks 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Federal Industries Inc 24 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.