Distribution of electric power · Alabama

Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative

Rainsville, AL · ~76 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.9
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative runs at 828% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade F.

Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative: 9.9 TCR = 828% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative safety composite

Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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%).

Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative held a steady TCR band

Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative's TCR held near 0.2 from 10.4 in 2016 to 10.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 16.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.4 · 2017=6.5 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=5.3 · 2020=16.1 · 2021=11.1 · 2022=13.5 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=10.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Rainsville, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.9 · 828% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #127/138
  • PHOTO James River District…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 62 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: James River District Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative averages 9.9 TCR (828% 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

Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative TCR series: 2016=10.4 · 2017=6.5 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=5.3 · 2020=16.1 · 2021=11.1 · 2022=13.5 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=10.6 · BLS 1.2

Where Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative falls in its industry

2,958 Distribution of electric power establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #127 safest of 138 Distribution of electric power employers in Alabama.

Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative (76 employees, TCR 9.9) 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 Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative
Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative (76 employees, TCR 9.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative 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 10.6 5.3 8 0 0
2023 6.6 0.0 5 0 0
2022 13.5 8.1 10 0 0
2021 11.1 5.5 8 0 0
2020 16.1 10.7 9 3 0
2019 5.3 4.0 4 0 0
2018 9.3 4.0 7 0 0
2017 6.5 1.3 5 0 0
2016 10.4 6.5 6 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · AL · Rainsville

2,958 Distribution of electric power employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 9 employers in Rainsville, AL · 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 James River District Office 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jemez Mountain Electric Co-op 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Patton Chapel Crew Headquarters 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Burlington Electric Department 10.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Birmingham Division 6th Street Office 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main Location 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Roofcare Service Center, LLC 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kemco 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rainsville Technology Inc 568 FTE
CITY-NEAR BlueScope Buildings 166 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kudzu Millwork 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Appleton Group, LLC 56 FTE
NAT-TCR 20/20 Plumbing & Heating, Inc. 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hugo's #9 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hassell and Hughes Lumber Company Inc 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Rent Express By Berrios - Administracion 9.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gibraltar Packaging Group 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE High Point Plant 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ortiz Corporation 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valk Manufacturing Company 76 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.