Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing · Kansas

Element, LLC

Colwich, KS · ~56 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Element, LLC runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Element, LLC: 2.8 TCR = 84% of Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Element, LLC safety composite

Element, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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).

D

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

Element, LLC: 0.0 → 4.8 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 4.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.87× in 2023

Element, LLC's TCR rose 4.8 from 0.0 in 2021 to 4.8 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Colwich, KS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 84% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #11/12
  • PHOTO Green Plains York LLC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Green Plains York LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Element, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Element, LLC averages 2.8 TCR (84% of the Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Element, LLC TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=3.5 · 2023=4.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Element, LLC falls in its industry

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 12 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu employers in Kansas.

Element, LLC (56 employees, TCR 2.8) 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 Element, LLC
Element, LLC (56 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Element, LLC has more employees than the Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing median and a lower 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
2023 4.8 2.4 2 0 0
2022 3.5 0.0 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · KS · Colwich

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 6 employers in Colwich, KS · 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 York LLC 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR POET 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Horizon Ethanol dba Poet Biorefinery 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Green Plains Shenandoah LLC 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Western Cooperative Electric Assoc. 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE GBA Builders LLC 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ebert Construction Co., Inc. 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Borton LC 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR ICM, Inc. 272 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mies & Sons - Colwich 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR Element Ethanol 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Colwich Gardens Assisted Living, LLC 24 FTE
NAT-TCR Air Handling Equipment, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Riceland Foods - Waldenburg 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Elastic Therapy.LLC 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR International Paper Binghamton Container 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bates Industries 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE DeShazo Automation LLC 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE ELCo Enterprises, Inc. 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Richmond District Bridge Crews 56 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.