Power generation, geothermal · Hawaii

Puna Geothermal Venture

Pahoa, HI · ~28 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Puna Geothermal Venture runs at 278% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Power generation, geothermal workplace, earning a grade F.

Puna Geothermal Venture: 3.3 TCR = 278% of Power generation, geothermal BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Puna Geothermal Venture safety composite

Puna Geothermal Venture scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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%).

Puna Geothermal Venture held a steady TCR band

Puna Geothermal Venture's TCR held near 0.3 from 3.5 in 2018 to 3.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.5 · 2019=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221116 · Pahoa, HI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.3 · 278% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK P35
  • PHOTO Ormesa Geothermal Pr…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ormesa Geothermal Projects (0.1 TCR gap)

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Puna Geothermal Venture in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Puna Geothermal Venture averages 3.3 TCR (278% of the Power generation, geothermal BLS benchmark).

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

Puna Geothermal Venture TCR series: 2018=3.5 · 2019=3.2 · BLS 1.2

Where Puna Geothermal Venture falls in its industry

17 Power generation, geothermal establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2019 3.2 3.2 1 0 0
2018 3.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221116 · HI · Pahoa

17 Power generation, geothermal employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,022 rated employers in Hawaii with headcount on file · 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 Ormesa Geothermal Projects 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR NCPA Geothermal Plant 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heber Geothermal Facility 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Steamboat Complex 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2058-Haleiwa, HI 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kalaeloa Cogeneration Plant 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Services : OM - Hawaii, USA 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6017035 - Kaiser Master 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR BK-Pahoa #625 21 FTE
NAT-TCR Genex Cooperative - Ithaca 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Edgewater Care Center 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Harrison Poultry Plant 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Rice Center 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hotel Spa 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maxwell Milling of Indiana 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thermo-Rite Manufacturing Company, Inc. 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Regency House 28 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: 2019, 2018. 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.