Denatured alcohol manufacturing · Minnesota
Highwater Ethanol, LLC
Lamberton, MN · ~43 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Highwater Ethanol, LLC runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Denatured alcohol manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Highwater Ethanol, LLC: 3.7 TCR = 112% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Highwater Ethanol, LLC safety composite
Highwater Ethanol, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).
42/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.71 per 100 workers
Safer than 40% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.97 per 100 workers
Safer than 37% 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
Highwater Ethanol, LLC: 4.0 → 5.9 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 5.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.53× in 2024
Highwater Ethanol, LLC's TCR rose 1.9 from 4.0 in 2017 to 5.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325193 · Lamberton, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 112% of ind
- DART 2.0 DART
- RANK #8/22
- PHOTO Heartland corn Produ…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~43 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Heartland corn Products (0.0 TCR gap)
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Highwater Ethanol, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Poet Biorefini
Poet Biorefining- Hudson
3.8 TCR
- This site
Highwater Ethanol, LLC
3.7 TCR
- Heartland corn
Heartland corn Products
3.7 TCR
- Cardinal Ethan
Cardinal Ethanol, LLC
3.7 TCR
- Green Plains O
Green Plains Obion LLC
3.6 TCR
What this shows Highwater Ethanol, LLC averages 3.7 TCR (112% of the Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Highwater Ethanol, LLC TCR series: 2017=4 · 2018=4 · 2019=2 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=2 · 2022=4 · 2023=4 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Highwater Ethanol, LLC falls in its industry
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishmentsSafer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 22 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in Minnesota.
Highwater Ethanol, LLC has fewer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325193 · MN · Lamberton
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 8 employers in Lamberton, MN · 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 | Heartland corn Products | 3.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cardinal Ethanol, LLC | 3.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Green Plains Obion LLC | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Poet Biorefining- Hudson | 3.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | United Farmers Cooperative | 43 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Edina Service Center | 43 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wigen Water Technologies | 43 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lennar Multi-Family - Central (MN) | 43 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Red Rock Central Schools | 89 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Valley View Manor | 62 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Meadowland Farmers Coop - Lamberton | 49 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Redrock Central High School | 37 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | LBJ Store #2105 | 3.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | South Bay | 3.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Industrial Fence, Inc. | 3.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Warren County - All County Executive Employees (Excluding Highway Dept) | 3.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Carris Reels CA | 43 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Omega Builders | 43 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ICM Biofuels | 43 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mediacom Waterloo, IA. | 43 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.