Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing · South Dakota

Huron Energy, LLC

Huron, SD · ~22 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Huron Energy, LLC runs at 133% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Huron Energy, LLC: 4.4 TCR = 133% of Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Huron Energy, LLC safety composite

Huron Energy, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

Huron Energy, LLC: 10.1 → 12.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 12.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.92× in 2024

Huron Energy, LLC's TCR rose 2.0 from 10.1 in 2019 to 12.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Huron, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 133% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #14/23
  • PHOTO South Bend Ethanol, …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: South Bend Ethanol, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Huron Energy, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Huron Energy, LLC averages 4.4 TCR (133% of the Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Huron Energy, LLC TCR series: 2019=10.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.2 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=12.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Huron Energy, LLC falls in its industry

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 23 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu employers in South Dakota.

Huron Energy, LLC (22 employees, TCR 4.4) 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 Huron Energy, LLC
Huron Energy, LLC (22 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Huron Energy, LLC has fewer employees than the Ethanol, nonpotable, 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 12.1 4.0 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.2 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 10.1 5.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · SD · Huron

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 43 employers in Huron, SD · 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 South Bend Ethanol, LLC 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Diamond Ethanol LLC 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chief Ethanol Fuels- Hastings 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Iroquois Bio-Energy 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jackrabbit Family Farms, LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nelson Engineering Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iron Horse Excavating, Inc 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rapid City Office 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dakota Provisions 902 FTE
CITY-NEAR Huron Regional Medical Center 343 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3853 252 FTE
CITY-NEAR Huron Area Center for Independence 246 FTE
NAT-TCR Lanzo Construction Co., FL 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Budweiser Busch Distributing Co. Inc. Loxley 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Borbon, inc. 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Modineer Plant 6 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE National Oilwell Varco Marble Falls 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sondad Industries, Inc. 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE SwimEx, Inc. 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Industrial Four Inc. 22 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. 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.