Denatured alcohol manufacturing · Wisconsin
Badger State Ethanol, LLC
Monroe, WI · ~50 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Badger State Ethanol, LLC runs at 189% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Denatured alcohol manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Badger State Ethanol, LLC: 6.3 TCR = 189% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Badger State Ethanol, LLC safety composite
Badger State Ethanol, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).
33/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.68 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% 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
Badger State Ethanol, LLC: 6.2 → 8.4 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 8.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.27× in 2024
Badger State Ethanol, LLC's TCR rose 2.2 from 6.2 in 2016 to 8.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325193 · Monroe, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 189% of ind
- DART 1.7 DART
- RANK #10/10
- PHOTO Guardian Energy Hank…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 28 inj
- SIZE ~50 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Guardian Energy Hankinson (0.0 TCR gap)
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Badger State Ethanol, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Badger State Ethanol, LLC
6.3 TCR
- Green Plains H
Green Plains Holding II LLC - Riga
6.3 TCR
- Guardian Energ
Guardian Energy Hankinson
6.2 TCR
- Poet Biorefini
Poet Biorefining- Chancellor
6.1 TCR
- Green Plains S
Green Plains Superior LLC
6.1 TCR
What this shows Badger State Ethanol, LLC averages 6.3 TCR (189% of the Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Badger State Ethanol, LLC TCR series: 2016=6.2 · 2017=5.9 · 2018=5.8 · 2019=8.8 · 2020=6.9 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=0 · 2023=7 · 2024=8.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Badger State Ethanol, LLC falls in its industry
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishmentsSafer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 10 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in Wisconsin.
Badger State Ethanol, LLC has more employees than the Denatured alcohol manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 8.4 | 1.7 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.0 | 5.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.3 | 5.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.9 | 1.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.8 | 5.3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325193 · WI · Monroe
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 43 employers in Monroe, 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 | Guardian Energy Hankinson | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Green Plains Holding II LLC - Riga | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Poet Biorefining- Chancellor | 6.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Green Plains Superior LLC | 6.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Ferguson's Morningside Orchard LLC | 50 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Windsor | 50 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pagels Ponderosa Cropping LLC | 50 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | A&M Dittrich Mink Farm | 50 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CB Monroe | 966 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Monroe Clinic Hospital | 694 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SCDC Monroe | 625 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Monroe Truck Equipment | 465 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Cooked - Timberville | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Nature's Food Patch, Inc. | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Louisiana Water Company | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bandera | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | XSG | 50 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | XFK | 50 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Keystone Sporting Arms LLC | 50 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NNF | 50 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.