Denatured alcohol manufacturing · South Dakota

Dakota Ethanol LLC

Wentworth, SD · ~45 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dakota Ethanol LLC runs at 101% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Denatured alcohol manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Dakota Ethanol LLC: 3.3 TCR = 101% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dakota Ethanol LLC safety composite

Dakota Ethanol LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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).

C

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

Dakota Ethanol LLC: 0.0 → 5.8 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 7.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Dakota Ethanol LLC's TCR rose 5.8 from 0.0 in 2016 to 5.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Wentworth, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 101% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/23
  • PHOTO Siouxland Energy Coo…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Siouxland Energy Cooperative (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dakota Ethanol LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dakota Ethanol LLC averages 3.3 TCR (101% of the Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Dakota Ethanol LLC TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=4.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=7.8 · 2023=2 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Dakota Ethanol LLC falls in its industry

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 23 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in South Dakota.

Dakota Ethanol LLC (45 employees, TCR 3.3) 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 Dakota Ethanol LLC
Dakota Ethanol LLC (45 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Dakota Ethanol LLC 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 5.8 0.0 3 0 0
2023 2.0 0.0 1 0 0
2022 7.8 1.9 4 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.3 0.0 1 1 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · SD · Wentworth

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 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 Siouxland Energy Cooperative 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Poet Biorefining,LLC Coon Rapids 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Absolute Energy, L.L.C. 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR POET Biorefining-Glenville 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pierre 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mitchell Office and Warehouse 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mills Construction Inc 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jans Corporation 45 FTE
NAT-TCR Boutonnet Farms Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Estates Florida Payroll LLC 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR South 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR MW Vegas, LLC 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Resinate, Inc. - Douglas 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pals Brewing Company North Platte 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Duxbury House, LLC 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marriott Hotel Service 45 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, 2017, 2016. 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.