Denatured alcohol manufacturing · Texas

Green Plains Hereford LLC

Hereford, TX · ~54 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Green Plains Hereford LLC runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Denatured alcohol manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Green Plains Hereford LLC: 4.0 TCR = 122% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Green Plains Hereford LLC safety composite

Green Plains Hereford LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.9

2016→2020

Green Plains Hereford LLC injury rate improved

Green Plains Hereford LLC's TCR fell 0.9 from 5.0 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.0 · 2017=1.6 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Hereford, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 122% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #4/5
  • PHOTO Pratt Energy, LLC
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pratt Energy, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Green Plains Hereford LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Green Plains Hereford LLC averages 4.0 TCR (122% of the Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Green Plains Hereford LLC TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=1.6 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=4.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Green Plains Hereford LLC falls in its industry

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in Texas.

Green Plains Hereford LLC (54 employees, TCR 4.0) 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 Green Plains Hereford LLC
Green Plains Hereford LLC (54 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Green Plains Hereford LLC 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
2020 4.2 2.1 2 0 0
2019 3.8 3.8 2 0 0
2018 5.4 3.6 2 1 0
2017 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2016 5.0 3.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · TX · Hereford

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 38 employers in Hereford, TX · 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 Pratt Energy, LLC 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Red River Energy LLC 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Green Plains Central City LLC 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hereford Ethanol Partners L.P. 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Randall County Feedyard 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1681 CORPORATE DR MCKINNEY TX 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3525 N HWY 77 WAXAHACHIE TX 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clearwater Resources LLC 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR Caviness Beef 1,334 FTE
CITY-NEAR Caviness 781 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nestle Purina Pet Car (Merrick Pet Care) 372 FTE
CITY-NEAR Merrick Petcare 366 FTE
NAT-TCR Stuart Plant 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR DCB 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Stehl Corporation 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Mahle Industrial Thermal Systems America, LP Main Plant 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Seaonus Cold Storage LLC 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE HNWS 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE B10 Quarter Circle 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ace Mitchell Bowler's Mart 54 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.