Nuclear Electric Power Generation · Minnesota
Prairie Island Nuclear Plant
Welch, MN · ~625 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.3
- Avg TCR
- 1.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Prairie Island Nuclear Plant runs at 28% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Nuclear Electric Power Generation workplace, earning a grade A.
Prairie Island Nuclear Plant: 0.3 TCR = 28% of Nuclear Electric Power Generation BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Prairie Island Nuclear Plant safety composite
Prairie Island Nuclear Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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).
47/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 0.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 66% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Prairie Island Nuclear Plant: 0.1 → 0.5 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 0.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2020
Prairie Island Nuclear Plant's TCR rose 0.4 from 0.1 in 2017 to 0.5 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 221113 · Welch, MN AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 28% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #2/6
- PHOTO Exelon Power Labs
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~625 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Exelon Power Labs (0.0 TCR gap)
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Prairie Island Nuclear Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site 0.3
Prairie Island Nuclear Plant
0.3 TCR
- Exelon Power L 0.3
Exelon Power Labs
0.3 TCR
- Vermont Yankee 0.3
Vermont Yankee
0.3 TCR
- PSEG POWER - N 0.3
PSEG POWER - NUCLEAR
0.3 TCR
- Constellation 0.3
Constellation Nuclear Headquarters at Cantera
0.3 TCR
What this shows Prairie Island Nuclear Plant averages 0.3 TCR (28% of the Nuclear Electric Power Generation BLS benchmark).
Prairie Island Nuclear Plant TCR series: 2017=0.1 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=0.2 · 2020=0.5 · BLS 1.2
Where Prairie Island Nuclear Plant falls in its industry
80 Nuclear Electric Power Generat establishmentsSafer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.2.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 6 Nuclear Electric Power Generat employers in Minnesota.
Prairie Island Nuclear Plant has fewer employees than the Nuclear Electric Power Generation median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
221113 · MN · Welch
80 Nuclear Electric Power Generation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 4 employers in Welch, MN · 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 | Exelon Power Labs | 0.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Vermont Yankee | 0.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PSEG POWER - NUCLEAR | 0.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Constellation Nuclear Headquarters at Cantera | 0.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 2272-22720083 | 625 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Canterbury Park Entertainment | 626 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Campbell Mill Northfield MN | 627 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Marsden Services | 628 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Prairie Is Nuclear Plant-HD | 546 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Welch Village Ski Area, Inc | 90 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Prairie Is Training Cntr-HDD | 20 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Michels Power- CT | 0.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Industrial Design Fabrication and Installation, Inc. | 0.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Turner at ExxonMobil Baytown TX | 0.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | MA-01 | 0.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Rio Mar Beach Grand Resort and Spa | 625 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Harrison Steel Plant | 625 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | LexaMar Corporation | 625 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Underground Construction - Main | 625 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.