Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction · North Dakota

Ottertail Power - Coyote

Name: Ottertail Power - Coyote Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Beulah, ND · ~32 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.3
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ottertail Power - Coyote runs at 225% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Ottertail Power - Coyote: 6.3 TCR = 225% of Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ottertail Power - Coyote safety composite

Ottertail Power - Coyote scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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).

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

TCR Δ

−12.6

2016→2019

Ottertail Power - Coyote injury rate improved

Ottertail Power - Coyote's TCR fell 12.6 from 12.6 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 12.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.6 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Beulah, ND ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.3 · 225% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #8/9
PHOTO GS500 - GSU - Sacram…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GS500 - GSU - Sacramento (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.3
GS500 - GSU -

6.3
Central Trench

6.3
460

6.3
LC046 - Chesap

6.3

What this shows Ottertail Power - Coyote averages 6.3 TCR (225% of the Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction BLS benchmark).

Ottertail Power - Coyote TCR series: 2016=12.6 · 2019=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Ottertail Power - Coyote falls in its industry

1,605 Power and Communication Line a establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 9 Power and Communication Line a employers in North Dakota.

Ottertail Power - Coyote (32 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Ottertail Power - Coyote has fewer employees than the Power and Communication Line and Related median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2019	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2016	12.6	2.5	5	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · ND · Beulah

1,605 Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota with headcount on file · 10 employers in Beulah, ND · 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	GS500 - GSU - Sacramento	SACRAMENTO, CA	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Central Trenching Inc.	MINOT, ND	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	460	ORLANDO, FL	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	LC046 - Chesapeake VA	CHESAPEAKE, VA	6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Spiritwood Station	SPIRITWOOD	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Transmission System Maintenance	MANDAN	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Grafstrom Construction	FARGO	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SHop	WAHPETON	32 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Great Plains Synfuels Plant	Beulah	563 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Antelope Valley Station	Beulah	183 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Knife River Care Center	Beulah	128 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Coyote Station	Beulah	81 FTE
NAT-TCR	Heritage Hall East	Agawam, MA	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	6400-Swy 0017 0248	Bullhead City, AZ	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	6400-Swy 0017 1819	Queen Creek, AZ	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	6962-Swy 0029 2502	Inglewood, CA	6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Trenton Agri Products LLC	Trenton, NE	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Real Alloy Recycling, LLC.-Post Falls, ID	Post Falls, ID	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pacific Power Group - Power Generation Auburn	Auburn, WA	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Big Ten Rentals Inc	Iowa City, IA	32 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, 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.