Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing · Kansas

Kansas Ethanol, LLC

Lyons, KS · ~55 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kansas Ethanol, LLC runs at 25% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Kansas Ethanol, LLC: 0.8 TCR = 25% of Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kansas Ethanol, LLC safety composite

Kansas Ethanol, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% 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

−1.8

2016→2024

Kansas Ethanol, LLC injury rate improved

Kansas Ethanol, LLC's TCR fell 1.8 from 1.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.8 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.7 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Lyons, KS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 25% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/12
  • PHOTO Greenfield Global US…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Greenfield Global USA Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kansas Ethanol, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kansas Ethanol, LLC averages 0.8 TCR (25% of the Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kansas Ethanol, LLC TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=0 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Kansas Ethanol, LLC falls in its industry

228 Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, man establishments

Safer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 12 Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, man employers in Kansas.

Kansas Ethanol, LLC (55 employees, TCR 0.8) 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 Kansas Ethanol, LLC
Kansas Ethanol, LLC (55 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Kansas Ethanol, LLC has more employees than the Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 1.7 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.1 0.0 0 2 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.8 1.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · KS · Lyons

228 Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 6 employers in Lyons, KS · 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 Greenfield Global USA Inc. 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Andersons Albion Ethanol 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Medina Facility 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Red Trail Energy 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ulysses Feedyard 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE American Warrior, Inc 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southland Service Cener 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zernco, INC 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hospital District #1 of Rice County 162 FTE
CITY-NEAR Compass Minerals 125 FTE
CITY-NEAR Compass Minerals - Lyons Evaporation Plant 116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Knight Feedlot Inc. 24 FTE
NAT-TCR Skelton's Fire Equipment, Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Great Lakes Dredge & Dock 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Arizona Office 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR General Meter 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Austin Site 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE BDV 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Western Window 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Branch 29 - Corporate 55 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, 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.