Electric power transmission systems · Iowa

Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative

Le Mars, IA · ~46 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative runs at 107% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Electric power transmission systems workplace, earning a grade C.

Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative: 1.3 TCR = 107% of Electric power transmission systems BLS 1.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative safety composite

Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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%).

Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative held a steady TCR band

Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221121 · Le Mars, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 1.3 · 107% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P67
  • PHOTO Lookout Center-182
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lookout Center-182 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative averages 1.3 TCR (107% of the Electric power transmission systems BLS benchmark).

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

Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative falls in its industry

263 Electric power transmission sy establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative (46 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative
Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative (46 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative has fewer employees than the Electric power transmission systems median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.2 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 5.9 2.0 3 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221121 · IA · Le Mars

263 Electric power transmission systems employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 43 employers in Le Mars, 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 Lookout Center-182 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oncor Measurement Service 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Salem Operations Center 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR CA-Bishop S/C 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hickory Hill Farms 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Van Hessen USA Ottumwa 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Absolute Infrastructure 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ricklefs Excavating,Ltd. 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Ice Cream Plant 1,523 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Center 454 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Center- Headquarter Employees 413 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Ice Cream Freezer 397 FTE
NAT-TCR Schwaab, Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Eau Claire, WI - 34 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Hartselle Wood Reels - A820 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Baird Drywall & Acoustic, Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Immanuel Courtyard 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Matthews Roofing Company, Inc. 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Catch of The Day FMVP 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Graphic House, Inc. 46 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, 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.