Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing · Minnesota

Denco Ii, LLC

Morris, MN · ~32 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Denco Ii, LLC runs at 262% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Denco Ii, LLC: 8.7 TCR = 262% of Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Denco Ii, LLC safety composite

Denco Ii, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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

Denco Ii, LLC: 3.3 → 5.9 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 13.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.68× in 2024

Denco Ii, LLC's TCR rose 2.6 from 3.3 in 2018 to 5.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 13.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Morris, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.7 · 262% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK #22/22
  • PHOTO Green Plains Atkinso…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Green Plains Atkinson LLC (0.3 TCR gap)

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Denco Ii, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Denco Ii, LLC averages 8.7 TCR (262% of the Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Denco Ii, LLC TCR series: 2018=3.3 · 2019=12.1 · 2020=13.6 · 2021=8.9 · 2022=3 · 2023=13.8 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Denco Ii, LLC falls in its industry

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 22 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu employers in Minnesota.

Denco Ii, LLC (32 employees, TCR 8.7) 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 Denco Ii, LLC
Denco Ii, LLC (32 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Denco Ii, LLC has fewer employees than the Ethanol, nonpotable, 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 5.9 5.9 2 0 0
2023 13.8 6.9 4 0 0
2022 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2021 8.9 5.9 3 0 0
2020 13.6 3.4 4 0 0
2019 12.1 4.0 2 1 0
2018 3.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · MN · Morris

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 38 employers in Morris, MN · 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 Green Plains Atkinson LLC 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacific Ethanol Inc 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Poet Biorefining Lake Crystal 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Green Plains Ord LLC 9.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE MN Farm 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schwartz SE Office 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE High Bridge Combined Cycle 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steele Waseca Coop Electric 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Minnesota Morris 392 FTE
CITY-NEAR Westmor Industries 287 FTE
CITY-NEAR Services 255 FTE
CITY-NEAR Morris Area Schools ISD #2769 223 FTE
NAT-TCR Franklin Grove Living and Rehabilitation Center LLC 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR M&D Wholesale Distributors, Inc. 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 10389 MIlford 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Parker CO 8.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sharp Bros Seed Co 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Summit Beverage Butte 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fluid Mechanical, LLC 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Leonardo DRS - Sidman Facility 32 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. 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.