Electric power distribution systems · North Carolina

Union Power Cooperative - Monroe

Monroe, NC · ~119 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Union Power Cooperative - Monroe runs at 208% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Electric power distribution systems workplace, earning a grade F.

Union Power Cooperative - Monroe: 2.5 TCR = 208% of Electric power distribution systems BLS 1.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Union Power Cooperative - Monroe safety composite

Union Power Cooperative - Monroe scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

Union Power Cooperative - Monroe: 0.8 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 4.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.98× in 2024

Union Power Cooperative - Monroe's TCR rose 2.5 from 0.8 in 2020 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Monroe, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 2.5 · 208% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #69/107
  • PHOTO O&R Blooming Grove
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~119 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: O&R Blooming Grove (0.0 TCR gap)

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Union Power Cooperative - Monroe in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Union Power Cooperative - Monroe averages 2.5 TCR (208% of the Electric power distribution systems BLS benchmark).

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

Union Power Cooperative - Monroe TCR series: 2020=0.8 · 2021=4.1 · 2022=1 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 1.2

Where Union Power Cooperative - Monroe falls in its industry

2,958 Electric power distribution sy establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #69 safest of 107 Electric power distribution sy employers in North Carolina.

Union Power Cooperative - Monroe (119 employees, TCR 2.5) 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 Union Power Cooperative - Monroe
Union Power Cooperative - Monroe (119 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Union Power Cooperative - Monroe has more employees than the Electric power distribution systems 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 3.3 2.5 4 0 0
2023 3.4 0.8 4 0 0
2022 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2021 4.1 1.6 4 1 0
2020 0.8 0.0 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · NC · Monroe

2,958 Electric power distribution systems employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 163 employers in Monroe, NC · 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 O&R Blooming Grove 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eversource - Tilton 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fremont 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maxton Line and Service 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mayodan 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Raleigh/Durham 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Weaver Cooke Construction 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE PowerWorks Electric 119 FTE
CITY-NEAR Monroe Plant 1,584 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0060-CHS Union 1,214 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0060-Atrium Health Union 1,147 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1108-Atrium Health Union (1108) 1,041 FTE
NAT-TCR Gerdau Metals Recycling - Roanoke 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Plum Creek Environmental 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mactac Spartanburg 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Phenix Flooring, LLC 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sherman+Reilly 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Modern Industries, Inc. 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gold City Health & Rehab 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital 119 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.