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2001 Accident Prevention Report
January 1 to December 31, 2001

Accident Prevention:
NCEA Company
Number of Employees
Total Number of Employee Hours
OSHA Recordable Fatalities
Total Number Restricted and Lost Workday Cases
Total Number Lost Workday Cases
Total Number Lost Workdays
Total Number Restricted Days
Northwestern
467
1,060,304
0
11
8
94
319
MN Power
1,344
2,688,000
0
28
23
294
311
Black Hills Power
720,807
0
12
3
26
275
Montana- Dakota
972
1,833,000
0
14
8
82
243
Otter Tail Power
845
1,773,253
0
6
4
27
116
Empire District
640
1,493,763.35
0
28
15
253
457
SWLP
94
166,424
0
6
4
35
179
XCEL Energy
11,973
23,795,255
0
354
77
911
6439

Accident Prevention (Cont.):
NCEA Company
Total Number Medical Cases
Total Number of Cases
Total Number of Lost Work Cases
Restricted & Lost Workday Rate
Incident Rate
OSHA Rate
Severity Rate
Reported figures are for:

Northwestern
31
42
11
2.07
1.51
7.92
17.73
Electric & Gas

MN Power
48
76
28
2.08
1.71
5.65
21.88
Electric Only

Black Hills Power
8
20
12
3.32
.83
5.54
7.21
Electric Only

Montana- Dakota
77
91
14
1.5
0.8
4.8
8.9
Electric & Gas

Otter Tail Power
42
48
6
.67
.45
5.41
3.04
Electric Only

Empire District
46
74
28
3.75
2.01
9.91
33.87
Electric Only

SWLP
1
7
6
7.21
4.80
8.41
42.06
Electric, Gas & Water

XCEL Energy
266
620
354
.29
.65
5.21
7.66
Electric & Gas

Terms:

    Incident Rate - The number of injuries, illnesses or lost workdays related to common exposure base of 100 full time workers. The common exposure base enables one to make accurate inter industry comparisons, trend analysis over time, or comparisons among firms regardless of size. This rate is calculated as: N/EH x 200,000 where:

    • N - number of injuries and/or illnesses lost workdays
    • EH = total hours worked by all employees during calendar year
    • 200,000 = base for 100 full-time equivalent workers (working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)

    Lost Workday - The number of workdays (consecutive or not), beyond the day of injury or onset of illness.

    Lost Workday Cases - Cases which involve days away from work or days of restricted work activity, or both.
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