Manufacturer of Fuel Ethanol · Iowa

Green Plains Shenandoah LLC

Shenandoah, IA · ~57 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Green Plains Shenandoah LLC runs at 81% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Manufacturer of Fuel Ethanol workplace, earning a grade C.

Green Plains Shenandoah LLC: 2.7 TCR = 81% of Manufacturer of Fuel Ethanol BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Green Plains Shenandoah LLC safety composite

Green Plains Shenandoah LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

−6.6

2016→2024

Green Plains Shenandoah LLC injury rate improved

Green Plains Shenandoah LLC's TCR fell 6.6 from 8.9 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.9 · 2017=6.6 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=1.7 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Shenandoah, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 81% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #20/49
  • PHOTO Mid Missouri Energy,…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mid Missouri Energy, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Green Plains Shenandoah LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Green Plains Shenandoah LLC averages 2.7 TCR (81% of the Manufacturer of Fuel Ethanol BLS benchmark).

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

Green Plains Shenandoah LLC TCR series: 2016=8.9 · 2017=6.6 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=0 · 2020=1.7 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Green Plains Shenandoah LLC falls in its industry

228 Manufacturer of Fuel Ethanol establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 49 Manufacturer of Fuel Ethanol employers in Iowa.

Green Plains Shenandoah LLC (57 employees, TCR 2.7) 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 Green Plains Shenandoah LLC
Green Plains Shenandoah LLC (57 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Green Plains Shenandoah LLC has more employees than the Manufacturer of Fuel Ethanol 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 2.4 2.4 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.3 2.1 2 0 0
2017 6.6 6.6 3 0 0
2016 8.9 2.2 2 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · IA · Shenandoah

228 Manufacturer of Fuel Ethanol employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 17 employers in Shenandoah, IA · 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 Mid Missouri Energy, LLC 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR AEMETIS ADVANCED FUELS KEYES, INC. 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alto Magic Valley 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ergon BioFuels 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Winfield United - Vincent 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Henning Companies, LLC 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Black Hawk Roof Company 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Guthrie Center Breaker Plant 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shenandoah Operations 387 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shenandoah Medical Center 332 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1683 161 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1683 156 FTE
NAT-TCR Tewksbury, MA 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Prevost - Secaucus, NJ 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Riten Industries, Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Milk Specialties Global Mountain Lake 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Days Inn 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Market 205 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Market 189 57 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.