Distribution of electric power · Arizona

Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant

Tonopah, AZ · ~2,150 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.3
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant runs at 27% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade A.

Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant: 0.3 TCR = 27% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant safety composite

Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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%).

Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant held a steady TCR band

Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.4 in 2020 to 0.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 0.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=0.4 · 2021=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Tonopah, AZ AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 27% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #4/52
  • PHOTO REC - Fredericksburg
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~2,150 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: REC - Fredericksburg (0.0 TCR gap)

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Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant averages 0.3 TCR (27% of the Distribution of electric power BLS benchmark).

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

Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant TCR series: 2020=0.4 · 2021=0.3 · BLS 1.2

Where Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant falls in its industry

2,958 Distribution of electric power establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 52 Distribution of electric power employers in Arizona.

Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant (2,150 employees, TCR 0.3) 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant
Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant (2,150 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant has more employees than the Distribution of electric power 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
2021 0.3 0.3 3 4 0
2020 0.4 0.4 2 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · AZ · Tonopah

2,958 Distribution of electric power 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 REC - Fredericksburg 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR OG&E-Metro Service Center 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lancaster Operations Center 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1 Lincoln Center 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE PHOENIX HUB (AZPHO) 2,151 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Phoenix B10 Fire Dept 2,152 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sundt Construction Inc 2,141 FTE
STATE-SIZE AZGDR - GOODYEAR HUB 2,139 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station 2,816 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palo Verde Generating Station 2,446 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palo Verde Nuclear Plant 468 FTE
CITY-NEAR PVNGS 200 FTE
NAT-TCR Ft Mill SC 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Conservatory 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Krotz Springs Refinery 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR FE Moran Special Hazards 0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stryker 2,151 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2904-ASM-TX 2,151 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group 2,151 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Washington Hospital 2,152 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: 2021, 2020. 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.