Denatured alcohol manufacturing · Michigan

POET Biorefining Caro, LLC

Caro, MI · ~47 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

POET Biorefining Caro, LLC runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Denatured alcohol manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

POET Biorefining Caro, LLC: 3.0 TCR = 90% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

POET Biorefining Caro, LLC safety composite

POET Biorefining Caro, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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→2021

POET Biorefining Caro, LLC injury rate improved

POET Biorefining Caro, LLC's TCR fell 1.8 from 1.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.8 · 2017=5.4 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=8.7 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Caro, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 90% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/8
  • PHOTO Louis Dreyfus Compan…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Louis Dreyfus Company - Grand Junction (0.0 TCR gap)

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POET Biorefining Caro, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows POET Biorefining Caro, LLC averages 3.0 TCR (90% of the Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

POET Biorefining Caro, LLC TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=5.4 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=8.7 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where POET Biorefining Caro, LLC falls in its industry

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 8 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in Michigan.

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

POET Biorefining Caro, LLC has more employees than the Denatured alcohol 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 8.7 4.3 1 3 0
2019 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 5.4 5.4 3 0 0
2016 1.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · MI · Caro

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 21 employers in Caro, MI · 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 Louis Dreyfus Company - Grand Junction 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR POET Biorefining - Portland 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR NuGen Energy 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Ethanol LLC 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nash Greenhouses, LLC 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Red Arrow Dairy 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE SEMCO Energy Gas Company - BC 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Operations and Maintenance 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR CARO PSYCHIATRIC HOSPTAL- DHHS 408 FTE
CITY-NEAR CARO REG COMM HLTH - DHHS 380 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tuscola County Medical Care Community 303 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1798 288 FTE
NAT-TCR Snake River Produce Co., LLC 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Florence Casket 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Youngsville Raleigh Nc 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Announcement Converters, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Continental Resources - Epping, ND 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Conwed Plastics, West Chicago 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rosegate Commons 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eb Airfoils LLC 47 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: 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.