Denatured alcohol manufacturing · Nebraska

KAAPA Ethanol, LLC

Minden, NE · ~43 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KAAPA Ethanol, LLC runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Denatured alcohol manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

KAAPA Ethanol, LLC: 3.5 TCR = 105% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KAAPA Ethanol, LLC safety composite

KAAPA Ethanol, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−4.5

2016→2024

KAAPA Ethanol, LLC injury rate improved

KAAPA Ethanol, LLC's TCR fell 4.5 from 4.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.5 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=0.0 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=8.3 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=7.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Minden, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 105% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/24
  • PHOTO Little Sioux Corn Pr…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Little Sioux Corn Processors (0.0 TCR gap)

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KAAPA Ethanol, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KAAPA Ethanol, LLC averages 3.5 TCR (105% of the Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

KAAPA Ethanol, LLC TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=0 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=8.3 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=7.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where KAAPA Ethanol, LLC falls in its industry

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishments

Safer than 44% 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 #9 safest of 24 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in Nebraska.

KAAPA Ethanol, LLC (43 employees, TCR 3.5) 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 KAAPA Ethanol, LLC
KAAPA Ethanol, LLC (43 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

KAAPA 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 7.7 7.7 3 0 0
2022 2.7 0.0 1 0 0
2021 8.3 8.3 3 0 0
2020 2.6 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.1 0.0 1 0 0
2016 4.5 2.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · NE · Minden

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 7 employers in Minden, NE · 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 Little Sioux Corn Processors 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR POET Biorefining, LLC - Corning 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midwest Renewable Energy 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greenfield Global 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE R.D.F., Inc. 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE TMOM2 - Omaha NE 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE A & R Construction Co 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Peak Contracting Group 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Royal Engineered Composites 204 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kearney County Health Services 116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Minden Machine Shop, Inc 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR FORT KEARNY CONSOLIDATED 33 FTE
NAT-TCR J.S.G. Corporation 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Farmersville, IL 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Strein's Garden & Home Greenfield Store 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Massena Operations 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ultra Services, Inc. 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2440 Parkway GP dba Econo Lodge Riverside 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Berne Office 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Global Pump Solutions Dean 43 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, 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.