Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing · Iowa

POET Biorefining Aurthur, LLC

Arthur, IA · ~53 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

POET Biorefining Aurthur, LLC runs at 159% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

POET Biorefining Aurthur, LLC: 5.3 TCR = 159% of Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

POET Biorefining Aurthur, LLC safety composite

POET Biorefining Aurthur, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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%).

Rising injury rate

POET Biorefining Aurthur, LLC: 3.3 → 7.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 7.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.37× in 2024

POET Biorefining Aurthur, LLC's TCR rose 3.8 from 3.3 in 2023 to 7.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 159% of ind

  • DART 7.2 DART
  • RANK #39/49
  • PHOTO Chief Ethanol Fuels …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chief Ethanol Fuels Lexington (0.0 TCR gap)

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POET Biorefining Aurthur, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows POET Biorefining Aurthur, LLC averages 5.3 TCR (159% of the Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

POET Biorefining Aurthur, LLC TCR series: 2023=3.3 · 2024=7.2 · BLS 3.3

Where POET Biorefining Aurthur, LLC falls in its industry

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu establishments

Safer than 19% 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 #39 safest of 49 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu employers in Iowa.

POET Biorefining Aurthur, LLC (53 employees, TCR 5.3) 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 POET Biorefining Aurthur, LLC
POET Biorefining Aurthur, LLC (53 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

POET Biorefining Aurthur, LLC has more 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
2024 7.2 7.2 4 0 0
2023 3.3 3.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · IA · Arthur

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 3 employers in Arthur, 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 Chief Ethanol Fuels Lexington 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Green Plains Holding II LLC - Lakota 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR POET Bioprocessing- Glenville 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR POET Bioprocessing Arthur 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Natural Beauty Growers, LLC - Boyden IA 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smith Fertilizer & Grain Co 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Streb Construction Co., Inc. 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Caliber Concrete LLC 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arthur Plant 50 FTE
NAT-TCR Oswego Beverage Company LLC 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Montecito Water District 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Headquarters Facilities Department 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR CT Regional 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sanilac County Road Commission 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE JSL Building Restoration Group, Inc. 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tiberina Detroit Inc. 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlantic Realty Managment, Inc. dba Atlantic Realty Group 53 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.