Denatured alcohol manufacturing · Indiana
Cardinal Ethanol, LLC
Union City, IN · ~60 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Cardinal Ethanol, LLC runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Denatured alcohol manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Cardinal Ethanol, LLC: 3.7 TCR = 112% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Cardinal Ethanol, LLC safety composite
Cardinal Ethanol, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).
39/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.69 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.29 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% 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
Cardinal Ethanol, LLC: 1.8 → 4.6 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 6.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.62× in 2024
Cardinal Ethanol, LLC's TCR rose 2.8 from 1.8 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325193 · Union City, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 112% of ind
- DART 2.3 DART
- RANK #11/20
- PHOTO Highwater Ethanol, LLC
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 22 inj
- SIZE ~60 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Highwater Ethanol, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Cardinal Ethanol, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Cardinal Ethanol, LLC
3.7 TCR
- Highwater Etha
Highwater Ethanol, LLC
3.7 TCR
- Heartland corn
Heartland corn Products
3.7 TCR
- Green Plains O
Green Plains Obion LLC
3.6 TCR
- Central Indian
Central Indiana Ethanol, LLC
3.6 TCR
What this shows Cardinal Ethanol, LLC averages 3.7 TCR (112% of the Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Cardinal Ethanol, LLC TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=6.7 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=4.9 · 2022=3 · 2023=4 · 2024=4.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Cardinal Ethanol, LLC falls in its industry
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishmentsSafer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 20 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in Indiana.
Cardinal 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 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.7 | 3.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325193 · IN · Union City
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 4 employers in Union City, IN · 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 | Highwater Ethanol, LLC | 3.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Heartland corn Products | 3.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Green Plains Obion LLC | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Central Indiana Ethanol, LLC | 3.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | River View Farms Inc | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Advantix Development Corporation | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Performance Contractors, Inc. - Duke Energy - Edwardsport | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Winco Construction Company | 60 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Frank Miller Lumber Company | 155 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Applegate Livestock Equipment | 75 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UNION CITY | 21 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Irving Consumer Products | 3.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Monona Plumbing & Fire Protection | 3.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lockheed Martin Corporation Pinellas (2087) | 3.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | McCabe's Mechanical Service, Inc. | 3.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Alcal Phoenix Multi-Product | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Prestress Services Industries Lexington | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Savannah SAV | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Decatur Dec | 60 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.