Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric · Texas

Oklaunion Plant

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Vernon, TX · ~90 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 3.1
Avg TCR: 1.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Oklaunion Plant runs at 257% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric workplace, earning a grade F.

Oklaunion Plant: 3.1 TCR = 257% of Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Oklaunion Plant safety composite

Oklaunion Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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).

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 3.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers
DART rate: F 1.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

Oklaunion Plant: 2.1 → 2.5 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.41× in 2019

Oklaunion Plant's TCR rose 0.4 from 2.1 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · Vernon, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.1 · 257% of ind

DART 1.3 DART
RANK #74/86
PHOTO Owensboro Municipal …
BOOK 4y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~90 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Owensboro Municipal Utilities (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.1
Owensboro Muni

3.1
Pleasant Prari

3.1
Palmer Office

3.1
NORTHPORT Powe

3.1

What this shows Oklaunion Plant averages 3.1 TCR (257% of the Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric BLS benchmark).

Oklaunion Plant TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=5.5 · 2019=2.5 · BLS 1.2

Where Oklaunion Plant falls in its industry

846 Power generation, fossil fuel establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #74 safest of 86 Power generation, fossil fuel employers in Texas.

Oklaunion Plant (90 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Oklaunion Plant has more employees than the Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coa 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
2019	2.5	1.3	1	1
2018	5.5	0.0	0	5
2017	2.2	0.0	0	2
2016	2.1	0.0	0	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · TX · Vernon

846 Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 16 employers in Vernon, TX · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Owensboro Municipal Utilities	OWENSBORO, KY	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Pleasant Prarie Power Plant	PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WI	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Palmer Office	PALMER, AK	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NORTHPORT Powerstation-NY66	NORTHPORT, NY	3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Chase Pecan, LP	SAN SABA	90 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Yates Field	IRAAN	90 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bridgeport Plant	BRIDGEPORT	90 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Deutsche Windtechnik Inc	HUMBLE	90 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Vernon Plant	Vernon	853 FTE
CITY-NEAR	3229	Vernon	176 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 3229	Vernon	175 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Advanced Rehabilitation and Healthcare of Vernon	Vernon	118 FTE
NAT-TCR	Okc-Oklahoma City	Oklahoma City, OK	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cook Plant	Moselle, MS	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	440 Yauger Wy SW	Olympia, WA	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	FMI, Inc.	Park City, KS	3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	The Manor at St. Luke Village	Hazleton, PA	90 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fas Mgm	Montgomery, AL	90 FTE
NAT-SIZE	30514 - Capstone Americold Gouldsboro	Covington Township, PA	90 FTE
NAT-SIZE	E-Commerce Fulfillment Center	Davenport, IA	90 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.