Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing · California

Pacific Ethanol, Inc.

Madera, CA · ~36 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pacific Ethanol, Inc. runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Pacific Ethanol, Inc.: 1.7 TCR = 52% of Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pacific Ethanol, Inc. safety composite

Pacific Ethanol, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 77% 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).

C

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−2.2

2016→2019

Pacific Ethanol, Inc. injury rate improved

Pacific Ethanol, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.2 from 2.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.2 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Madera, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 52% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO Element Ethanol
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Element Ethanol (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pacific Ethanol, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pacific Ethanol, Inc. averages 1.7 TCR (52% of the Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Pacific Ethanol, Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.2 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Pacific Ethanol, Inc. falls in its industry

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu employers in California.

Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (36 employees, TCR 1.7) 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 Pacific Ethanol, Inc.
Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (36 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Pacific Ethanol, Inc. has fewer employees than the Ethanol, 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.5 1.9 3 1 0
2017 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2016 2.2 2.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · CA · Madera

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 162 employers in Madera, CA · 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 Element Ethanol 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR PureField Ingredients, Co-products 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Green Plains Otter Tail LLC 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mid America Agri Products/Wheatland 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE River Garden Farms 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Knight Farms 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.H. MEEK & SONS INC. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dirt Farmer and Company 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pacific Farm Management Inc 17,529 FTE
CITY-NEAR Petroff Ag Services Inc 2,253 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 170 1,485 FTE
CITY-NEAR County of Madera 1,393 FTE
NAT-TCR Tops 275 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 40102 - Capstone Exel Goodyear Obetz 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Air-Weigh 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Tech Fibers, Inc. (Electro Fiber Technologies) 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE REN098 Houston 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE 100 Welday Ave 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE 400 Westfield Rd 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE 51 West 6th Ave 36 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: 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.