Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) · Iowa

Walter Scott Energy Center

Council Bluffs, IA · ~154 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Walter Scott Energy Center runs at 99% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) workplace, earning a grade C.

Walter Scott Energy Center: 1.2 TCR = 99% of Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Walter Scott Energy Center safety composite

Walter Scott Energy Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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%).

Walter Scott Energy Center held a steady TCR band

Walter Scott Energy Center's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.2 in 2023 to 1.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=1.2 · 2024=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · Council Bluffs, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 1.2 · 99% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #5/13
  • PHOTO 00106 YREKA OFFICE
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~154 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 00106 YREKA OFFICE (0.0 TCR gap)

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Walter Scott Energy Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Walter Scott Energy Center averages 1.2 TCR (99% of the Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) BLS benchmark).

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

Walter Scott Energy Center TCR series: 2023=1.2 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 1.2

Where Walter Scott Energy Center falls in its industry

846 Electric power generation, fos establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 13 Electric power generation, fos employers in Iowa.

Walter Scott Energy Center (154 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Walter Scott Energy Center
Walter Scott Energy Center (154 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Walter Scott Energy Center has more employees than the Electric power generation, fossil fuel ( median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 1.2 0.6 2 0 0
2023 1.2 1.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · IA · Council Bluffs

846 Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 165 employers in Council Bluffs, IA · 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 00106 YREKA OFFICE 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Rivers Electric Corporation - Wilson Station 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lackawanna Energy Center 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cherokee Station 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE DBF Central Iowa 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE IA-01 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE Group B 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE Holt Sales and Service, LLC 154 FTE
CITY-NEAR Council Bluffs Case Rdy Plant 1,486 FTE
CITY-NEAR 61830022 JENNIE EDMUNDSON MEMORIAL HOSP 903 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6183-61830022 804 FTE
CITY-NEAR Council Bluffs IA 742 FTE
NAT-TCR Gray Mechanical Contractors, LLC 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR New England Communications 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Classic Bulk Carriers, Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Oshkosh Wi 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goldshield 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gogebic Medical Care Facility 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ewing Hauling 154 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. 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.