Distribution of electric power · Texas

Taylor Electric Cooperative

Merkel, TX · ~88 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Taylor Electric Cooperative runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade D.

Taylor Electric Cooperative: 1.7 TCR = 142% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Taylor Electric Cooperative safety composite

Taylor Electric Cooperative scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

Taylor Electric Cooperative: 0.0 → 1.1 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 4.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.62× in 2023

Taylor Electric Cooperative's TCR rose 1.1 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Merkel, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 1.7 · 142% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #111/246
  • PHOTO ALTAVISTA
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~88 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ALTAVISTA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Taylor Electric Cooperative in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Taylor Electric Cooperative averages 1.7 TCR (142% 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

Taylor Electric Cooperative TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=1.3 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=0 · 2022=4 · 2023=1.1 · BLS 1.2

Where Taylor Electric Cooperative falls in its industry

2,958 Distribution of electric power establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #111 safest of 246 Distribution of electric power employers in Texas.

Taylor Electric Cooperative (88 employees, TCR 1.7) 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 Taylor Electric Cooperative
Taylor Electric Cooperative (88 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Taylor Electric Cooperative has more employees than the Distribution of electric power median and a lower 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
2023 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2022 4.0 3.0 4 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.7 1.2 3 0 0
2019 3.6 3.6 3 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · TX · Merkel

2,958 Distribution of electric power employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5 employers in Merkel, TX · 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 ALTAVISTA 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Headquarter's Office 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR TEMPLE SVC CTR 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR TEMPLE-DISTB OF 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE F AND B HOLDINGS LLC DBA LONE STAR CITRUS GROWERS 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Puirty Texas 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Falcon Energy Services 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAES : Sandy Creek 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR Independent Wind Solutions LLC. 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buffalo Gap 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Merkel 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spring Market #725 19 FTE
NAT-TCR Busch's, INC 1035 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Harrod Construction Contracting Corporation 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Phoenix Progressive 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR SPS Technologies 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE SWI Industrial Solutions Webster County 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vallarta Supermarkets #5 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE ILAWC Chicago Metro 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE NovaTech 88 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.