Distribution of electric power · Minnesota

Public Utilities

New Ulm, MN · ~56 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Public Utilities runs at 449% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade F.

Public Utilities: 5.4 TCR = 449% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Utilities safety composite

Public Utilities scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−8.8

2017→2024

Public Utilities injury rate improved

Public Utilities's TCR fell 8.8 from 12.2 in 2017 to 3.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=12.2 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=9.7 · 2020=6.2 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · New Ulm, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.4 · 449% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #56/85
  • PHOTO NEWBURGH
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NEWBURGH (0.0 TCR gap)

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Public Utilities in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Public Utilities averages 5.4 TCR (449% 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

Public Utilities TCR series: 2017=12.2 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=9.7 · 2020=6.2 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 1.2

Where Public Utilities falls in its industry

2,958 Distribution of electric power establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #56 safest of 85 Distribution of electric power employers in Minnesota.

Public Utilities (56 employees, TCR 5.4) 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 Public Utilities
Public Utilities (56 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Public Utilities has more employees than the Distribution of electric power median and a higher 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 3.4 1.7 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 7.3 0.0 4 0 0
2021 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2020 6.2 6.2 3 0 0
2019 9.7 7.3 4 0 0
2018 2.1 0.0 1 0 0
2017 12.2 12.2 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · MN · New Ulm

2,958 Distribution of electric power employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 79 employers in New Ulm, 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 NEWBURGH 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tri-County Electric- Blanchard 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR FPB -Service Center 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Intercounty Electric Cooperative Association 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE LDC.FAR 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shakopee Public Utilities 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE CenterPoint Energy - Mankato 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hammers Construction 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR J&R Schugel Trucking, Inc. 926 FTE
CITY-NEAR New Ulm 722 FTE
CITY-NEAR New Ulm Medical Center 640 FTE
CITY-NEAR Martin Luther College 441 FTE
NAT-TCR Dgdg 10 LLC 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR NEWBURGH 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Bala Cynwyd, PA 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Cameron & Associate 8 Hagen Construction, LLc 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Henry J. Mills Filtration Plant 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Flexmaster USA, Inc. 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilton Garden Inn Carlsbad Beach 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE EnTech Plastics Inc 56 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.