Ethanol Production · Iowa

Horizon Ethanol dba Poet Biorefinery

Jewell, IA · ~44 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Horizon Ethanol dba Poet Biorefinery runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Ethanol Production workplace, earning a grade C.

Horizon Ethanol dba Poet Biorefinery: 2.8 TCR = 84% of Ethanol Production BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Horizon Ethanol dba Poet Biorefinery safety composite

Horizon Ethanol dba Poet Biorefinery scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−4.0

2016→2018

Horizon Ethanol dba Poet Biorefinery injury rate improved

Horizon Ethanol dba Poet Biorefinery's TCR fell 4.0 from 6.2 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.2 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 84% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #21/49
  • PHOTO ELEMENT, LLC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ELEMENT, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Horizon Ethanol dba Poet Biorefinery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Horizon Ethanol dba Poet Biorefinery averages 2.8 TCR (84% of the Ethanol Production BLS benchmark).

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

Horizon Ethanol dba Poet Biorefinery TCR series: 2016=6.2 · 2017=0 · 2018=2.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Horizon Ethanol dba Poet Biorefinery falls in its industry

228 Ethanol Production establishments

Safer than 55% 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 #21 safest of 49 Ethanol Production employers in Iowa.

Horizon Ethanol dba Poet Biorefinery (44 employees, TCR 2.8) 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 Horizon Ethanol dba Poet Biorefinery
Horizon Ethanol dba Poet Biorefinery (44 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Horizon Ethanol dba Poet Biorefinery has fewer employees than the Ethanol Production 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
2018 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 6.2 6.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · IA · Jewell

228 Ethanol Production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa 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 ELEMENT, LLC 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Green Plains York LLC 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR POET 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR POET - Gowrie 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Centrum Valley Farms East 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE GAC 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2511-Beaman, IA (Monsanto Co.) 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2050-Clarion, IA (Monsanto Co.) 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR POET - Jewell 43 FTE
NAT-TCR Avon Heights Mushrooms, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Shopko Store #72 (Lewiston, ID) 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Tracy Auto Lp 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Niles Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Elzinga & Volkers Professional Services, Inc. 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pineville, NC Container Graphics Corporation 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Decostar Distribution Center 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Compassionate Care Hospice of Parsippany 44 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: 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.