Electric power distribution systems · Kansas

Pioneer Electric Cooperative

Ulysses, KS · ~69 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pioneer Electric Cooperative runs at 205% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Electric power distribution systems workplace, earning a grade F.

Pioneer Electric Cooperative: 2.5 TCR = 205% of Electric power distribution systems BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pioneer Electric Cooperative safety composite

Pioneer Electric Cooperative scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

Pioneer Electric Cooperative: 0.0 → 5.9 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 5.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.6× in 2022

Pioneer Electric Cooperative's TCR rose 5.9 from 0.0 in 2020 to 5.9 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Ulysses, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 2.5 · 205% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #19/35
  • PHOTO Billings Service Cen…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Billings Service Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pioneer Electric Cooperative in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pioneer Electric Cooperative averages 2.5 TCR (205% of the Electric power distribution systems BLS benchmark).

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

Pioneer Electric Cooperative TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=1.5 · 2022=5.9 · BLS 1.2

Where Pioneer Electric Cooperative falls in its industry

2,958 Electric power distribution sy establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 35 Electric power distribution sy employers in Kansas.

Pioneer Electric Cooperative (69 employees, TCR 2.5) 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 Pioneer Electric Cooperative
Pioneer Electric Cooperative (69 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Pioneer Electric Cooperative has more employees than the Electric power distribution systems 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
2022 5.9 1.5 4 0 0
2021 1.5 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · KS · Ulysses

2,958 Electric power distribution systems employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 16 employers in Ulysses, KS · 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 Billings Service Center 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Colquitt Electric Membership Corporation - Tifton 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR COWETA FAYETTE EMC Palmetto 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dayton Power & Light 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Smoky Hill Construction Concrete Paving 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hi-Tech Interiors Inc 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buckley Roofing Company, Inc 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE MC, Inc. dba Gordon Energy & Drainage 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western Kansas Irrigation, Inc. 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pioneer 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grant County Feeders 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ulysses Feedyard 55 FTE
NAT-TCR Sauer Brands Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Kentwood Office Furniture Inc 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR SAG-ODFL 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Masonite - Vandalia 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Blanks Printing & Imaging, Inc. 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goodyear Service Center 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tidewater Transit-Fayetteville 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE CSW, Inc. 69 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: 2022, 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.