Oleic acid esters manufacturing · Hawaii

Big Island Biodiesel

Keaau, HI · ~49 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Island Biodiesel runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Oleic acid esters manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Big Island Biodiesel: 2.2 TCR = 66% of Oleic acid esters manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Island Biodiesel safety composite

Big Island Biodiesel scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).

D

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.4

2018→2020

Big Island Biodiesel injury rate improved

Big Island Biodiesel's TCR fell 0.4 from 2.4 in 2018 to 2.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.4 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325199 · Keaau, HI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 66% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO GEO Specialty Chemic…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GEO Specialty Chemicals (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Island Biodiesel in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Island Biodiesel averages 2.2 TCR (66% of the Oleic acid esters manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Big Island Biodiesel TCR series: 2018=2.4 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=2 · BLS 3.3

Where Big Island Biodiesel falls in its industry

552 Oleic acid esters manufacturin establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Hawaii alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Oleic acid esters manufacturin employers in Hawaii.

Big Island Biodiesel (49 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02004006008001,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Big Island Biodiesel
Big Island Biodiesel (49 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Big Island Biodiesel has fewer employees than the Oleic acid esters manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2020 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2019 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2018 2.4 2.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325199 · HI · Keaau

552 Oleic acid esters manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,022 rated employers in Hawaii with headcount on file · 10 employers in Keaau, HI · 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 GEO Specialty Chemicals 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR LANXESS Corporation Bushy Park 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Koppers Follansbee 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Struktol Company of America, LLC 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Parker Ranch, Inc. 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4829-11689 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hawaiian Host LLC 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Times Supermarket Kailua 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Company LLC 123 FTE
CITY-NEAR Easter Seals Hawaii - Hilo Service Center 84 FTE
CITY-NEAR HR Hawaii for Orchidland General Store/True Value Hardware 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orchidland General Store 48 FTE
NAT-TCR Valdosta TMC - 805 W. Savannah Ave. Valdosta, GA 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Aulick Chemical Solutions 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Inclusion Vocational 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR WC Jefferson 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Oklahoma Service Center 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilton Garden Inn Roanoke Rapids 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Dayton Forging & Heat Treating Company 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fort Jackson Commissary 49 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. 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.