Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing · Iowa

POET BioRefining Emmetsburg

Emmetsburg, IA · ~46 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

POET BioRefining Emmetsburg runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

POET BioRefining Emmetsburg: 2.1 TCR = 63% of Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

POET BioRefining Emmetsburg safety composite

POET BioRefining Emmetsburg scores strongest on dart rate (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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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

−2.0

2016→2024

POET BioRefining Emmetsburg injury rate improved

POET BioRefining Emmetsburg's TCR fell 2.0 from 2.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Emmetsburg, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 63% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/49
  • PHOTO Front Range Energy LLC
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Front Range Energy LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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POET BioRefining Emmetsburg in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows POET BioRefining Emmetsburg averages 2.1 TCR (63% 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 Emmetsburg TCR series: 2016=2 · 2017=0 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where POET BioRefining Emmetsburg falls in its industry

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu establishments

Safer than 71% 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 #14 safest of 49 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu employers in Iowa.

POET BioRefining Emmetsburg (46 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 Emmetsburg
POET BioRefining Emmetsburg (46 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

POET BioRefining Emmetsburg 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.6 3.6 2 0 0
2022 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2021 4.4 0.0 2 0 0
2020 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2019 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2018 2.2 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 2.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · IA · Emmetsburg

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 17 employers in Emmetsburg, 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 Front Range Energy LLC 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Summit Sustainable Ingredients, LLC 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valero Jefferson Plant 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shell Rock Plant 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hickory Hill Farms 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Van Hessen USA Ottumwa 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Absolute Infrastructure 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palo Alto County Health System 278 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wild Rose Casino Emmetsburg 160 FTE
CITY-NEAR Poet-DSM Project Liberty 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeside Lutheran Home 80 FTE
NAT-TCR Cresline Plastic Pipe Company, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Shippers Rental Company 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR New England Mechanical Services, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Schnabel Foundation Company 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Short Pump #612 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Owens & Minor Cleveland 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Titusville Enterprises, Inc. 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Roseville Fire Department 46 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, 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.