Ethanol production · Nebraska

Green Plains Wood River LLC

Wood River, NE · ~66 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Green Plains Wood River LLC runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ethanol production workplace, earning a grade D.

Green Plains Wood River LLC: 4.8 TCR = 146% of Ethanol production BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Green Plains Wood River LLC safety composite

Green Plains Wood River LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

−4.9

2016→2024

Green Plains Wood River LLC injury rate improved

Green Plains Wood River LLC's TCR fell 4.9 from 6.2 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.2 · 2017=7.9 · 2018=7.8 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Wood River, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 146% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/24
  • PHOTO POET Bioprocessing- …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: POET Bioprocessing- Chancellor (0.0 TCR gap)

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Green Plains Wood River LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Green Plains Wood River LLC averages 4.8 TCR (146% of the Ethanol production BLS benchmark).

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

Green Plains Wood River LLC TCR series: 2016=6.2 · 2017=7.9 · 2018=7.8 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Green Plains Wood River LLC falls in its industry

228 Ethanol production establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 24 Ethanol production employers in Nebraska.

Green Plains Wood River LLC (66 employees, TCR 4.8) 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 Green Plains Wood River LLC
Green Plains Wood River LLC (66 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Green Plains Wood River LLC has more employees than the Ethanol production 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 1.3 0.0 1 0 0
2023 4.2 1.4 3 0 1
2022 2.6 1.3 2 0 0
2021 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2020 7.5 6.0 5 0 0
2019 4.6 3.1 3 0 0
2018 7.8 6.2 4 1 0
2017 7.9 4.7 5 0 0
2016 6.2 4.7 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · NE · Wood River

228 Ethanol production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 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 Bioprocessing- Chancellor 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacific Ethanol 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Poet Bioprocessing-Chancellor 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Google UNO Building 2 22120008 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE ex2 Technology LLC 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Omaha Steaks Snyder 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chief Ethanol Fuels- Hastings 66 FTE
NAT-TCR The fresh Market 191 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Clair County Road Commission - Central Service Center 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Stowe Woodward LLC WI (Andritz) 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 1031 - BELFOR Houston TX 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Morgantown, PA 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Market 204 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Market 218 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Market 187 66 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.