Denatured alcohol manufacturing · Ohio
Poet Biorefining - Fostoria
Fostoria, OH · ~44 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Poet Biorefining - Fostoria runs at 17% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Denatured alcohol manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Poet Biorefining - Fostoria: 0.6 TCR = 17% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Poet Biorefining - Fostoria safety composite
Poet Biorefining - Fostoria scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% 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).
79/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.56 per 100 workers
Safer than 97% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Poet Biorefining - Fostoria: 0.0 → 2.2 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 2.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Poet Biorefining - Fostoria's TCR rose 2.2 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325193 · Fostoria, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 17% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #1/9
- PHOTO Valero Renewable Fue…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~44 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Hartley Plant (0.0 TCR gap)
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Poet Biorefining - Fostoria in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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Poet Biorefining - Fostoria
0.6 TCR
- Valero Renewab
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Hartley Plant
0.6 TCR
- Equistar Chemi
Equistar Chemicals
0.6 TCR
- Valero Charles
Valero Charles City Plant
0.6 TCR
- Valero Renewab
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC
0.6 TCR
What this shows Poet Biorefining - Fostoria averages 0.6 TCR (17% of the Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Poet Biorefining - Fostoria TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=0 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Poet Biorefining - Fostoria falls in its industry
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishmentsSafer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 9 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in Ohio.
Poet Biorefining - Fostoria has fewer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325193 · OH · Fostoria
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 47 employers in Fostoria, OH · 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 | Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Hartley Plant | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Equistar Chemicals | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Valero Charles City Plant | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC | 0.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | D.T.S.S. Inc. | 44 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | New Day Farms - Croton | 44 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Licking Rural Electricfication | 44 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Columbus SE Service Center | 44 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Roppe Corporation | 286 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Good Shepherd Home | 230 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fostoria Community Hospital | 190 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NOX US | 169 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | D. Grimm, Inc. | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Superior Electric Service Company | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Canfield Machine & Tool LLC | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rescar - Loc#376 | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Federal Bronze Casting Industries, Inc. | 44 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Alta Enterprises LLC- Romulus | 44 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hydrite - Terre Haute IN | 44 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Stoever-Parker Electric, Inc. | 44 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.