Electric power distribution systems · Minnesota

Water & Light Department, City of East Grand Forks

East Grand Forks, MN · ~28 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.2
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Water & Light Department, City of East Grand Forks runs at 1018% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Electric power distribution systems workplace, earning a grade F.

Water & Light Department, City of East Grand Forks: 12.2 TCR = 1018% of Electric power distribution systems BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Water & Light Department, City of East Grand Forks safety composite

Water & Light Department, City of East Grand Forks scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

Water & Light Department, City of East Grand Forks: 8.0 → 16.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 16.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.34× in 2018

Water & Light Department, City of East Grand Forks's TCR rose 8.4 from 8.0 in 2017 to 16.4 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · East Grand Forks, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.2 · 1018% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #84/85
  • PHOTO BVEA Headquarters
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BVEA Headquarters (0.1 TCR gap)

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Water & Light Department, City of East Grand Forks in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Water & Light Department, City of East Grand Forks averages 12.2 TCR (1018% 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

Water & Light Department, City of East Grand Forks TCR series: 2017=8 · 2018=16.4 · BLS 1.2

Where Water & Light Department, City of East Grand Forks falls in its industry

2,958 Electric power distribution sy establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #84 safest of 85 Electric power distribution sy employers in Minnesota.

Water & Light Department, City of East Grand Forks (28 employees, TCR 12.2) 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 Water & Light Department, City of East Grand Forks
Water & Light Department, City of East Grand Forks (28 employees, TCR 12.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Water & Light Department, City of East Grand Forks has fewer 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
2018 16.4 4.1 4 0 0
2017 8.0 4.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · MN · East Grand Forks

2,958 Electric power distribution systems employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 18 employers in East Grand Forks, MN · 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 BVEA Headquarters 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR LUMA, Monacillos Fleet Operations and Warehouse 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR LUMA, Aguadilla Fleet Operations and Warehouse 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR LADWP 11805 SHELDON 12.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Shooting Star Native Seeds 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Moore Calves 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2528-Glyndon, MN 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Worthington Public Utilities 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY EAST GRAND FORKS 406 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISD #595 263 FTE
CITY-NEAR R. J. Zavoral & Sons, Inc. 131 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hugo's #5 126 FTE
NAT-TCR R. Brian Morrison 12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Pickens Couunty Medical Center 12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 4769-885-Pottery Barn 12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 1642-46 Orthodox St 12.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Fairport 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Buckeye Resources Inc 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mathey Dearman 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Piggly Wiggly (#308) 28 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.