Distribution of electric power · Arkansas

Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Mena, AR · ~33 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc. runs at 252% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade F.

Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 3.0 TCR = 252% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc. safety composite

Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 5.5 → 9.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 9.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.81× in 2024

Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc.'s TCR rose 4.3 from 5.5 in 2019 to 9.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Mena, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.0 · 252% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #26/45
  • PHOTO 031 - Meter Services…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 031 - Meter Services - MO (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc. averages 3.0 TCR (252% 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

Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc. TCR series: 2019=5.5 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=9.8 · BLS 1.2

Where Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc. falls in its industry

2,958 Distribution of electric power establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 45 Distribution of electric power employers in Arkansas.

Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc. (33 employees, TCR 3.0) 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 Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc. (33 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc. has fewer 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 9.8 2.5 4 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 5.5 2.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · AR · Mena

2,958 Distribution of electric power employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 19 employers in Mena, AR · 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 031 - Meter Services - MO 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Citizens Electric Corporation (Central Headquarters) 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR FIGUEROA PLAZA 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pearl River Valley EPA 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE ITC Hatchery 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fiber Resource Division 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Entergy, Lake Catherine Plant 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Van Horn Construction Inc. 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nidec Motor Corporation - Mena 415 FTE
CITY-NEAR 67 297 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 67 296 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mena Hospital Commission 272 FTE
NAT-TCR Vertex Coatings, Inc 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Prairie Power, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Joy Global Underground Mining LLC 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR SSP 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brown County Sheriff's Office - Police Protection 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mosaic Waukon 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mosaic Kansas City 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Skaggs-Walsh Electrical, Inc 33 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. 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.