Denatured alcohol manufacturing · Iowa

Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC

West Burlington, IA · ~48 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Denatured alcohol manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC: 4.9 TCR = 148% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC safety composite

Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.0

2016→2024

Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC injury rate improved

Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC's TCR fell 2.0 from 5.8 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.8 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=9.9 · 2021=4.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=7.9 · 2024=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · West Burlington, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 148% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #35/49
  • PHOTO Pacific Ethanol
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pacific Ethanol (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC averages 4.9 TCR (148% of the Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC TCR series: 2016=5.8 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=9.9 · 2021=4 · 2022=0 · 2023=7.9 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC falls in its industry

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 49 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in Iowa.

Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC (48 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC
Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC (48 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Big River Resources West Burlington, 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 3.8 3.8 2 0 0
2023 7.9 7.9 4 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.0 2.0 1 1 0
2020 9.9 4.0 5 0 0
2019 3.9 3.9 2 0 0
2018 3.9 1.9 1 1 0
2016 5.8 5.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · IA · West Burlington

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 37 employers in West Burlington, IA · 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 Pacific Ethanol 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR POET Bioprocessing- Chancellor 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Poet Bioprocessing-Chancellor 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Andersons Marathon Holdings LLC - Clymers 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE J&J Cattle Co 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMVC Management Services 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water Administration Building 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greiner Buildings, Inc. 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center-Main Hospital 1,880 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 797 318 FTE
CITY-NEAR 797 307 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Health Centers of Southeastern Iowa, Inc. 198 FTE
NAT-TCR Dickinson Ready Mix 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR PA100 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR City of High Point 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR NTR 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Addison Drywall, Inc. 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stepping Stone 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Modern Welding Company of Owensboro, Inc. 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Owens & Minor Cincinnati 48 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.