Denatured alcohol manufacturing · Nebraska
Chief Ethanol Fuels Lexington
Lexington, NE · ~45 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Chief Ethanol Fuels Lexington runs at 159% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Denatured alcohol manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Chief Ethanol Fuels Lexington: 5.2 TCR = 159% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Chief Ethanol Fuels Lexington safety composite
Chief Ethanol Fuels Lexington scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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).
47/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.24 per 100 workers
Safer than 19% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 77% 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
Chief Ethanol Fuels Lexington: 0.0 → 2.3 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 9.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Chief Ethanol Fuels Lexington's TCR rose 2.3 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 9.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325193 · Lexington, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 159% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #14/24
- PHOTO POET Biorefining Aur…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 21 inj
- SIZE ~45 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: POET Biorefining Aurthur, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Chief Ethanol Fuels Lexington in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- POET Biorefini
POET Biorefining Aurthur, LLC
5.3 TCR
- POET Bioproces
POET Bioprocessing- Glenville
5.3 TCR
- This site
Chief Ethanol Fuels Lexington
5.2 TCR
- Green Plains H
Green Plains Holding II LLC - Lakota
5.2 TCR
- POET Bioproces
POET Bioprocessing Arthur
5.2 TCR
What this shows Chief Ethanol Fuels Lexington averages 5.2 TCR (159% of the Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Chief Ethanol Fuels Lexington TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=5.6 · 2019=7.8 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=7.2 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=9.7 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Chief Ethanol Fuels Lexington falls in its industry
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishmentsSafer than 19% 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 #14 safest of 24 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in Nebraska.
Chief Ethanol Fuels Lexington has fewer 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 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9.7 | 7.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.2 | 2.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.8 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.6 | 1.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.3 | 3.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325193 · NE · Lexington
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 27 employers in Lexington, 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 | POET Biorefining Aurthur, LLC | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Green Plains Holding II LLC - Lakota | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | POET Bioprocessing Arthur | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | POET Bioprocessing- Glenville | 5.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | MPM Farms | 45 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sandy Pine Systems, Inc | 45 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | D.R. Horton, Inc. - Nebraska, LLC | 45 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Beatrice - Midwest Livestock Systems, LLC | 45 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lexington Plant | 2,926 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 637 | 279 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 637 | 275 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lexington Regional Health Center | 260 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Gerali Custom Design, Inc. | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | U.S. Granules Corporation - ALMEG Division | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Paulo - Murfreesboro | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | NCS | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | John Jones Chevrolet Buick of Scottsburg, INC | 45 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Starcon @ Marathon Canton | 45 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tuscaloosa - 13 | 45 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 523 Jack Enders Boulevard | 45 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.