Hydroelectric Power Generation · Wisconsin

Wissota Hydro Plant

Chippewa Falls, WI · ~37 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wissota Hydro Plant runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hydroelectric Power Generation workplace, earning a grade D.

Wissota Hydro Plant: 1.7 TCR = 142% of Hydroelectric Power Generation BLS 1.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wissota Hydro Plant safety composite

Wissota Hydro Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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%).

Wissota Hydro Plant held a steady TCR band

Wissota Hydro Plant's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.9 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221111 · Chippewa Falls, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 1.7 · 142% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/8
  • PHOTO NYSEG Plattsburgh
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NYSEG Plattsburgh (0.1 TCR gap)

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Wissota Hydro Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wissota Hydro Plant averages 1.7 TCR (142% of the Hydroelectric Power Generation BLS benchmark).

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

Wissota Hydro Plant TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=2.8 · BLS 1.2

Where Wissota Hydro Plant falls in its industry

129 Hydroelectric Power Generation establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Hydroelectric Power Generation employers in Wisconsin.

Wissota Hydro Plant (37 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Wissota Hydro Plant
Wissota Hydro Plant (37 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Wissota Hydro Plant has fewer employees than the Hydroelectric Power Generation median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2020 2.8 0.0 0 1 0
2019 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 2.9 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221111 · WI · Chippewa Falls

129 Hydroelectric Power Generation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 112 employers in Chippewa Falls, WI · 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 NYSEG Plattsburgh 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 84A - Keokuk Energy Ctr Gen and Bud 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR PSE, EOB - Everett Operating Base 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Administration-Support Personnel 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Habelman Bros. Company 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lamers Dairy, Inc 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stevens Point 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hudson Service Center-7P 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR TTM Technologies Chippewa Falls 649 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5373 528 FTE
CITY-NEAR River Country Co-op 499 FTE
CITY-NEAR TTM Technologies 457 FTE
NAT-TCR MS104 Pelahatchie 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Fisher Auto Parts - NORWOH 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Muscle Shoals (BP) 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Clemson University 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rocky Mountain Energy Center 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thompson Industrial Services, LLC, Division 50 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parkvue Place 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gulf Coast Marine Fabricators, Inc. 37 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: 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.