Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) · Kentucky

Owensboro Municipal Utilities

Owensboro, KY · ~197 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

Owensboro Municipal Utilities runs at 258% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) workplace, earning a grade F.

Owensboro Municipal Utilities: 3.1 TCR = 258% of Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Owensboro Municipal Utilities safety composite

Owensboro Municipal Utilities scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−3.8

2016→2024

Owensboro Municipal Utilities injury rate improved

Owensboro Municipal Utilities's TCR fell 3.8 from 5.8 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.8 · 2017=5.6 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=2.0 · 2024=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · Owensboro, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 3.1 · 258% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #22/23
  • PHOTO Pleasant Prarie Powe…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 49 inj
  • SIZE ~197 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pleasant Prarie Power Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Owensboro Municipal Utilities in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Owensboro Municipal Utilities averages 3.1 TCR (258% of the Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) BLS benchmark).

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

Owensboro Municipal Utilities TCR series: 2016=5.8 · 2017=5.6 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=2 · 2023=2 · 2024=2 · BLS 1.2

Where Owensboro Municipal Utilities falls in its industry

846 Electric power generation, fos establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 23 Electric power generation, fos employers in Kentucky.

Owensboro Municipal Utilities (197 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Owensboro Municipal Utilities
Owensboro Municipal Utilities (197 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Owensboro Municipal Utilities has more employees than the Electric power generation, fossil fuel ( 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 Fatalities
2024 2.0 1.3 3 0 0
2023 2.0 2.0 3 0 0
2022 2.0 2.0 3 0 0
2021 3.9 0.7 4 2 0
2020 1.6 0.5 3 0 0
2019 1.8 1.8 4 0 0
2018 3.1 2.2 7 0 0
2017 5.6 4.2 12 0 0
2016 5.8 4.0 10 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · KY · Owensboro

846 Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 184 employers in Owensboro, KY · 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 Pleasant Prarie Power Plant 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oklaunion Plant 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SALT RIVER PROJECT CORONADO GENERATING STATION 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR KCP&L - Sedalia Service Center 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE American Roofing & Metal 197 FTE
STATE-SIZE USWM 197 FTE
STATE-SIZE 024-00360 197 FTE
STATE-SIZE Paintsville ARH Hospital 197 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owensboro Health Regional Hospital 2,305 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owensboro Public Schools 969 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owensboro Independent 903 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swedish Match 816 FTE
NAT-TCR Bluco 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Nexion Health, Inc 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Union Special LLC 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Facilities Fleet Management 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dalton Motors SD, LLC 197 FTE
NAT-SIZE KPMG Lakehouse 197 FTE
NAT-SIZE LifeCare Ambulance 197 FTE
NAT-SIZE Halliburton Energy Services, Inc 197 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.