Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing · Minnesota

Main Plant

Preston, MN · ~44 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Main Plant runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Main Plant: 4.7 TCR = 143% of Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Main Plant safety composite

Main Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

−0.4

2016→2017

Main Plant injury rate improved

Main Plant's TCR fell 0.4 from 4.9 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.9 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.9 · 2017=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Preston, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 143% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #17/22
  • PHOTO Pacific Ethanol Stoc…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pacific Ethanol Stockton (0.0 TCR gap)

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Main Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Main Plant averages 4.7 TCR (143% of the Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Main Plant TCR series: 2016=4.9 · 2017=4.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Main Plant falls in its industry

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 22 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu employers in Minnesota.

Main Plant (44 employees, TCR 4.7) 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 Main Plant
Main Plant (44 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Main Plant 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
2017 4.5 0.0 1 1 0
2016 4.9 2.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · MN · Preston

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 6 employers in Preston, MN · 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 Pacific Ethanol Stockton 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aberdeen Energy, LLC 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Green Plains Wood River LLC 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR POET Bioprocessing, LLC 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE West River 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Monticello Training Ctr-LL 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water Treatment Facility 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE WasteWater Treatment Facility 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fillmore Central Elementary 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maple Leaf Services Inc 82 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fillmore Central Elementary School 82 FTE
CITY-NEAR POET Biorefining - Preston, LLC 42 FTE
NAT-TCR 0768 - Palmdale, Ca 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 0188 - Saginaw, Mi 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Port Reading - PRD 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Northwest Community Healthcare Heart & Vascular Specialists 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Santa Anita 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Chillicothe Inc 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ashland Nursing and Rehab LLC 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Insys Manufacturing, LLC 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.