Electric power generation, nuclear · Arizona

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station

Tonopah, AZ · ~2,816 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.1
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station runs at 8% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Electric power generation, nuclear workplace, earning a grade A.

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station: 0.1 TCR = 8% of Electric power generation, nuclear BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station safety composite

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
F 0.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station held a steady TCR band

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 0.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.2 · 2018=0.1 · 2019=0.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221113 · Tonopah, AZ AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.1 · 8% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P83
  • PHOTO Susquehanna Nuclear
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~2,816 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Susquehanna Nuclear (0.0 TCR gap)

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Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station averages 0.1 TCR (8% of the Electric power generation, nuclear BLS benchmark).

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

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0.2 · 2018=0.1 · 2019=0.1 · BLS 1.2

Where Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station falls in its industry

80 Electric power generation, nuc establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (2,816 employees, TCR 0.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 669 employees and a TCR of 0.2 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 01,0002,0003,000 0123 Average employees Total Case Rate Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (2,816 employees, TCR 0.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 669 employees and a TCR of 0.2

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station has more employees than the Electric power generation, nuclear median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.2. 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
2019 0.1 0.0 2 0 0
2018 0.1 0.1 2 0 0
2017 0.2 0.1 6 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221113 · AZ · Tonopah

80 Electric power generation, nuclear employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 13 employers in Tonopah, AZ · 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 Susquehanna Nuclear 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Beaver Valley 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nextera Energy Point Beach Nuclear Plant 0.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE SUPPORT SERVICES CAMPUS 2,800 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Tempe 2,862 FTE
STATE-SIZE SHEA MEDICAL CTR CAMPUS 2,881 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - GYR3 2,718 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palo Verde Generating Station 2,446 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant 2,150 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palo Verde Nuclear Plant 468 FTE
CITY-NEAR PVNGS 200 FTE
NAT-TCR Frederick 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR ATLMGACX 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Goodwill Industries of El Paso Inc. / Warehouse / Transportation 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Metropark Facility 0.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Methodist Medical Center 2,815 FTE
NAT-SIZE 220 East 42nd Street 2,815 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gap Inc. - Corporate - 2 Folsom 2,815 FTE
NAT-SIZE California Department of Transportation Facility 124 2,817 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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