Distribution of electric power · Pennsylvania

Penelec

Erie, PA · ~546 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Penelec runs at 181% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade D.

Penelec: 2.2 TCR = 181% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Penelec safety composite

Penelec scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

−0.5

2022→2024

Penelec injury rate improved

Penelec's TCR fell 0.5 from 2.6 in 2022 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=2.6 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Erie, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 2.2 · 181% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #37/58
  • PHOTO PEPCO-Forestville Se…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~546 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PEPCO-Forestville Service Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Penelec in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Penelec averages 2.2 TCR (181% 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

Penelec TCR series: 2022=2.6 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 1.2

Where Penelec falls in its industry

2,958 Distribution of electric power establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 58 Distribution of electric power employers in Pennsylvania.

Penelec (546 employees, TCR 2.2) 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 Penelec
Penelec (546 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Penelec 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
2024 2.1 1.8 14 0 0
2023 1.8 0.9 10 0 0
2022 2.6 1.5 12 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · PA · Erie

2,958 Distribution of electric power employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 473 employers in Erie, PA · 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 PEPCO-Forestville Service Center 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Koprivica Buidling 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern Division Greenville Office 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR ROANOKE 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Farmers Pride Inc / Bell & Evans Plant 2 546 FTE
STATE-SIZE NORTH SHORE - PITTSBURGH (PABEA) 546 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - HDC3 546 FTE
STATE-SIZE US PL Allentown NPPC 547 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain : Erie, PA 5,403 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Hamot 2,675 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wabtec-Erie 2,141 FTE
CITY-NEAR SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL 2,135 FTE
NAT-TCR MRK Aviation.com 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Price Rite Marketplace #375 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Baylor Scott & White Emergency Hospital Aubrey 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbia XDT 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE NM Transfer/Neenah 546 FTE
NAT-SIZE Michelin NA - US4 Dothan Facility 546 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aec Slc W 546 FTE
NAT-SIZE Anheuser-Busch Jacksonville Brewery 546 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. 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.