Ethanol Manufacturing · Illinois

Green Plains Madison LLC

Madison, IL · ~55 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Green Plains Madison LLC runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Ethanol Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Green Plains Madison LLC: 2.3 TCR = 71% of Ethanol Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Green Plains Madison LLC safety composite

Green Plains Madison LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

Green Plains Madison LLC: 0.0 → 3.2 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 7.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.69× in 2024

Green Plains Madison LLC's TCR rose 3.2 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Madison, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 71% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #6/11
  • PHOTO POET Biorefining - L…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: POET Biorefining - Laddonia, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Green Plains Madison LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Green Plains Madison LLC averages 2.3 TCR (71% of the Ethanol Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Green Plains Madison LLC TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3.4 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=2 · 2021=7.2 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Green Plains Madison LLC falls in its industry

228 Ethanol Manufacturing establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 11 Ethanol Manufacturing employers in Illinois.

Green Plains Madison LLC (55 employees, TCR 2.3) 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 Green Plains Madison LLC
Green Plains Madison LLC (55 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Green Plains Madison LLC has more employees than the Ethanol 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
2024 3.2 1.6 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.8 0.0 1 0 0
2021 7.2 1.8 4 0 0
2020 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.5 1.8 2 0 0
2017 3.4 1.7 1 1 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · IL · Madison

228 Ethanol Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 19 employers in Madison, IL · 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 - Laddonia, LLC 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Annawan (RF) 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Andersons Marathon Holdings LLC - Albion 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR POET Biorefining Gowrie 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Illinois 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0G6 - Gas Storage 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE BS&T Construction 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE JOSCO Construction Services, Inc 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maverick Transportation, LLC - Madison, IL 105 FTE
CITY-NEAR MAGNESIUM ELEKTRON NORTH AMERICA INC 99 FTE
CITY-NEAR 223 - Madison West 90 FTE
CITY-NEAR Interco Trading Company 82 FTE
NAT-TCR Barney & Dickenson Inc 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Enterprise Electronics Corporation 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Durham & Sons, Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Unitex 155 Mount Vernon 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Market 216 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Market 106 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Market 083 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nil9Ventures, Inc 55 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.