Employer · Iowa

Ottumwa Generating Station

Ottumwa, IA · ~81 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ottumwa Generating Station runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

Ottumwa Generating Station: 1.9 TCR = 155% of industry BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ottumwa Generating Station safety composite

Ottumwa Generating Station scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

Ottumwa Generating Station: 0.0 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 4.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.83× in 2024

Ottumwa Generating Station's TCR rose 3.1 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Ottumwa, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 1.9 · 155% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #21/64
  • PHOTO PARIS SVC CTR
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~81 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PARIS SVC CTR (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ottumwa Generating Station in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ottumwa Generating Station averages 1.9 TCR (155% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Ottumwa Generating Station TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=1 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.1 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 1.2

Where Ottumwa Generating Station falls in its industry

2,958 industry establishments

Safer than 63% 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 #21 safest of 64 industry employers in Iowa.

Ottumwa Generating Station (81 employees, TCR 1.9) 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 Ottumwa Generating Station
Ottumwa Generating Station (81 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Ottumwa Generating Station has more employees than the industry median and a lower 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 3.1 1.5 1 1 0
2023 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2022 1.5 0.0 1 0 0
2021 3.1 0.0 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.3 2.3 2 0 0
2018 4.2 1.1 4 0 0
2017 1.0 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · IA · Ottumwa

2,958 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 57 employers in Ottumwa, 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 PARIS SVC CTR 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rural Hall Operations Center 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cleveland Service Center 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Prescott Operations Center 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corteva Durant 1 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE ITC Midwest - Cedar Rapids 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Public Works Maintenance / Streets 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bowker Mechanical Contractors, LLC 81 FTE
CITY-NEAR JBS 2,121 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ottumwa Works 789 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Ottumwa Works 758 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ottumwa Regional Health Center 573 FTE
NAT-TCR DOL021 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR United Dairy Farmers Plant and Office 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR High Point Branch 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Davie 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Coyote Station 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Middleton 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Timbermen -- Pallet Plant-4234 HWY 80 N 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE FoodTown #005 81 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.