Wind Electric Power Generation · Kansas

Western Plains Wind Farm

Spearville, KS · ~15 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western Plains Wind Farm runs at 162% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Wind Electric Power Generation workplace, earning a grade D.

Western Plains Wind Farm: 1.9 TCR = 162% of Wind Electric Power Generation BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Plains Wind Farm safety composite

Western Plains Wind Farm scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Western Plains Wind Farm: 0.0 → 5.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.9 TCR · DART/TCR 3.04× in 2024

Western Plains Wind Farm's TCR rose 5.9 from 0.0 in 2016 to 5.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 3.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221115 · Spearville, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 1.9 · 162% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK P39
  • PHOTO Avangrid Renewables …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~15 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Avangrid Renewables - Top of Iowa II.Barton.Winnebego (0.0 TCR gap)

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Western Plains Wind Farm in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western Plains Wind Farm averages 1.9 TCR (162% of the Wind Electric Power Generation BLS benchmark).

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

Western Plains Wind Farm TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 1.2

Where Western Plains Wind Farm falls in its industry

64 Wind Electric Power Generation establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Western Plains Wind Farm (15 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 1.4 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 01,0002,0003,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Western Plains Wind Farm
Western Plains Wind Farm (15 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 1.4

Western Plains Wind Farm has fewer employees than the Wind Electric Power Generation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.4. 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 5.9 5.9 1 0 0
2023 5.7 5.7 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 5.9 5.9 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221115 · KS · Spearville

64 Wind Electric Power Generation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Avangrid Renewables - Top of Iowa II.Barton.Winnebego 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crystal Lake 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR OSI Gen Repair & Svc Wind Plt 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR WHH-Horse Hollow 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE C&C Group - Wichita, KS 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Norwich Machine shop 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rouse East 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Montezuma Grain Elevator 15 FTE
CITY-NEAR CrustBuster, Inc. 67 FTE
NAT-TCR Crystal Springs Services, Inc 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Louis 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Midwest Drilled Foundations & Engineering, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Department of Social Services 1.9 TCR

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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.