Distribution of electric power · Iowa

North West REC

Orange City, IA · ~41 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.7
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

North West REC runs at 561% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade F.

North West REC: 6.7 TCR = 561% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North West REC safety composite

North West REC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.0

2016→2024

North West REC injury rate improved

North West REC's TCR fell 4.0 from 6.4 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.4 · 2017=11.1 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=8.3 · 2022=11.9 · 2023=6.9 · 2024=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Orange City, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 561% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #56/64
  • PHOTO Gadsden Complex - APC
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gadsden Complex - APC (0.0 TCR gap)

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North West REC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows North West REC averages 6.7 TCR (561% 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

North West REC TCR series: 2016=6.4 · 2017=11.1 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=8.3 · 2022=11.9 · 2023=6.9 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 1.2

Where North West REC falls in its industry

2,958 Distribution of electric power establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #56 safest of 64 Distribution of electric power employers in Iowa.

North West REC (41 employees, TCR 6.7) 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 North West REC
North West REC (41 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

North West REC 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 2.4 0.0 1 0 0
2023 6.9 0.0 3 0 0
2022 11.9 2.4 5 0 0
2021 8.3 0.0 3 0 0
2020 4.5 0.0 2 0 0
2019 6.9 0.0 3 0 0
2018 2.3 0.0 0 1 0
2017 11.1 0.0 3 2 0
2016 6.4 2.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · IA · Orange City

2,958 Distribution of electric power employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 23 employers in Orange City, IA · 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 Gadsden Complex - APC 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greenville 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Victory Electric Cooperative Assn., Inc. 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Avista Pullman 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Iowa Falls Warehouse 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva-Dallas Center R&D 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Purelight Power of Des Moines 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Halbrook Excavating Inc 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR SPP - Orange City 492 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orange City Area Health System 367 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield Pet 194 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield Orange City (PPH) Fresh 184 FTE
NAT-TCR Kentucky State Penitentiary 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Jorgenson Construction Inc. 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Mid-West Forge Corporation 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR S03011 - Grand Central Sanitation 6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Oak Lawn IL Store 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Liverpool 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quickdraft, Inc. 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE pensacola terminal 41 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, 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.