Distribution of electric power · Tennessee

Volunteer Energy Cooperative - Decatur

Decatur, TN · ~69 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Volunteer Energy Cooperative - Decatur runs at 680% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade F.

Volunteer Energy Cooperative - Decatur: 8.2 TCR = 680% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Volunteer Energy Cooperative - Decatur safety composite

Volunteer Energy Cooperative - Decatur scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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%).

TCR Δ

−10.9

2016→2024

Volunteer Energy Cooperative - Decatur injury rate improved

Volunteer Energy Cooperative - Decatur's TCR fell 10.9 from 16.9 in 2016 to 6.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 16.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=16.9 · 2017=5.0 · 2018=7.0 · 2019=13.3 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=7.7 · 2022=3.0 · 2023=8.0 · 2024=6.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Decatur, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 680% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #62/70
  • PHOTO Polk-Burnett Electri…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 42 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative (0.0 TCR gap)

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Volunteer Energy Cooperative - Decatur in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Volunteer Energy Cooperative - Decatur averages 8.2 TCR (680% 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

Volunteer Energy Cooperative - Decatur TCR series: 2016=16.9 · 2017=5 · 2018=7 · 2019=13.3 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=7.7 · 2022=3 · 2023=8 · 2024=6.1 · BLS 1.2

Where Volunteer Energy Cooperative - Decatur falls in its industry

2,958 Distribution of electric power establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #62 safest of 70 Distribution of electric power employers in Tennessee.

Volunteer Energy Cooperative - Decatur (69 employees, TCR 8.2) 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 Volunteer Energy Cooperative - Decatur
Volunteer Energy Cooperative - Decatur (69 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Volunteer Energy Cooperative - Decatur 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 6.1 3.6 5 0 0
2023 8.0 5.3 6 0 0
2022 3.0 1.5 2 0 0
2021 7.7 6.1 5 0 0
2020 6.5 4.3 3 0 0
2019 13.3 13.3 6 0 0
2018 7.0 4.7 2 1 0
2017 5.0 5.0 3 0 0
2016 16.9 10.2 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · TN · Decatur

2,958 Distribution of electric power employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 8 employers in Decatur, TN · 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 Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Electric Cooperative Services- Granbury 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR LADWP 18718 RAYEN 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR OWENS VALLEY ELECTRIC STA 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Landmark Construction and Emergency Sericves 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Spear Ironworks LLC 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Region 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rembco Geotechnical Contractors, Inc. 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR Plant 10 359 FTE
CITY-NEAR Storm Power Components 317 FTE
CITY-NEAR IronCraft Decatur 113 FTE
CITY-NEAR Solomom Decatur 106 FTE
NAT-TCR Tithonus Chambersburg 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ashby Ponds 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Combined Transport 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Carilion Clinic Co. 01 8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ramsey Winch Company 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE PSSIC 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lauren Concrete - Plant 3/4 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tinton Falls 69 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.