Denatured alcohol manufacturing · Iowa

Lincolnway Energy, LLC

Nevada, IA · ~41 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lincolnway Energy, LLC runs at 181% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Denatured alcohol manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Lincolnway Energy, LLC: 6.0 TCR = 181% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lincolnway Energy, LLC safety composite

Lincolnway Energy, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

2019→2024

Lincolnway Energy, LLC injury rate improved

Lincolnway Energy, LLC's TCR fell 1.8 from 6.4 in 2019 to 4.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=6.4 · 2020=7.3 · 2021=8.1 · 2022=7.1 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Nevada, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 181% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #43/49
  • PHOTO Aztalan Bio LLC
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Aztalan Bio LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lincolnway Energy, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lincolnway Energy, LLC averages 6.0 TCR (181% of the Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Lincolnway Energy, LLC TCR series: 2019=6.4 · 2020=7.3 · 2021=8.1 · 2022=7.1 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Lincolnway Energy, LLC falls in its industry

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishments

Safer than 14% 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 #43 safest of 49 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in Iowa.

Lincolnway Energy, LLC (41 employees, TCR 6.0) 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 Lincolnway Energy, LLC
Lincolnway Energy, LLC (41 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Lincolnway Energy, 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 4.7 2.3 2 0 0
2023 2.3 0.0 1 0 0
2022 7.1 7.1 3 0 0
2021 8.1 5.4 3 0 0
2020 7.3 2.4 2 1 0
2019 6.4 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · IA · Nevada

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 29 employers in Nevada, IA · 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 Aztalan Bio LLC 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plymouth Energy LLC 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Quad County Corn Processors 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Green Plains Superior LLC 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Iowa Falls Warehouse 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva-Dallas Center R&D 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Purelight Power of Des Moines 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE North West REC 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR Burke Corporation 432 FTE
CITY-NEAR Burke Marketing Corporation 387 FTE
CITY-NEAR Story County Medical Center 215 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gary W Clem, Inc. dba ALMACO 180 FTE
NAT-TCR Advance Building Maintenance 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR The Village at Lifequest 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Semco LLC 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 2474 - Memphis East 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE POET Bioprocessing, LLC 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Backhoe & Utilities, Ltd. 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE The City of Bloomington - Community Development 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ndx Affinity Dental Lab 41 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.