Denatured alcohol manufacturing · Nebraska
Chief Ethanol Fuels- Hastings
Hastings, NE · ~66 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Chief Ethanol Fuels- Hastings runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Denatured alcohol manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Chief Ethanol Fuels- Hastings: 4.3 TCR = 132% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Chief Ethanol Fuels- Hastings safety composite
Chief Ethanol Fuels- Hastings scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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).
31/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.35 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.99 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% 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%).
Chief Ethanol Fuels- Hastings held a steady TCR band
Chief Ethanol Fuels- Hastings's TCR held near 0.3 from 4.2 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=4.2 · 2017=1.3 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=4.0 · 2020=4.0 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=6.0 · 2024=4.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325193 · Hastings, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 132% of ind
- DART 3.0 DART
- RANK #12/24
- PHOTO Iroquois Bio-Energy
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 28 inj
- SIZE ~66 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Iroquois Bio-Energy (0.0 TCR gap)
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Chief Ethanol Fuels- Hastings in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- South Bend Eth
South Bend Ethanol, LLC
4.4 TCR
- This site
Chief Ethanol Fuels- Hastings
4.3 TCR
- Iroquois Bio-E
Iroquois Bio-Energy
4.3 TCR
- Green Plains F
Green Plains Fairmont LLC
4.3 TCR
- Heron Lake Bio
Heron Lake BioEnergy LLC
4.3 TCR
What this shows Chief Ethanol Fuels- Hastings averages 4.3 TCR (132% of the Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Chief Ethanol Fuels- Hastings TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=1.3 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=4 · 2020=4 · 2021=3 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=6 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Chief Ethanol Fuels- Hastings falls in its industry
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishmentsSafer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 24 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in Nebraska.
Chief Ethanol Fuels- Hastings 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 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.3 | 6.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325193 · NE · Hastings
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 65 employers in Hastings, NE · 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 | Iroquois Bio-Energy | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Green Plains Fairmont LLC | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Heron Lake BioEnergy LLC | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | South Bend Ethanol, LLC | 4.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Google UNO Building 2 22120008 | 66 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ex2 Technology LLC | 66 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Omaha Steaks Snyder | 66 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Green Plains Wood River LLC | 66 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital | 1,197 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Transport Solutions Americas : MFG-Hastings, NE-USA | 472 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Transport Solutions NA and EMEA : MFG-Hastings, NE-USA | 465 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WR Reserve | 381 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | VDF Drum Dry Plant | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | McKee Foods Corporation and Affiliates, Gentry Arkansas | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | To-Jo Food Products Inc. | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pax Machine Works, Incorporated | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Romulus Division | 66 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Poultry Service Associates Inc. | 66 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Commonwealth Senior Living at Charlottesville | 66 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CMC Recycling Jacksonville | 66 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.