Denatured alcohol manufacturing · Iowa
Poet Biorefining - Iowa Falls LLC
Iowa Falls, IA · ~54 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Poet Biorefining - Iowa Falls LLC runs at 199% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Denatured alcohol manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Poet Biorefining - Iowa Falls LLC: 6.6 TCR = 199% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Poet Biorefining - Iowa Falls LLC safety composite
Poet Biorefining - Iowa Falls LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 10% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 12.82 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% 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 - Iowa Falls LLC: 1.8 → 14.7 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 14.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.95× in 2024
Poet Biorefining - Iowa Falls LLC's TCR rose 12.8 from 1.8 in 2021 to 14.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325193 · Iowa Falls, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 199% of ind
- DART 12.8 DART
- RANK #47/49
- PHOTO KAAPA Partners Auror…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~54 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: KAAPA Partners Aurora, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Poet Biorefining - Iowa Falls LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Poet Biorefining - Iowa Falls LLC
6.6 TCR
- KAAPA Partners
KAAPA Partners Aurora, LLC
6.6 TCR
- Green Plains B
Green Plains Bluffton LLC
6.6 TCR
- Pennsylvania G
Pennsylvania Grain Processing LLC
6.6 TCR
- Bushmills Etha
Bushmills Ethanol, Inc.
6.5 TCR
What this shows Poet Biorefining - Iowa Falls LLC averages 6.6 TCR (199% of the Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Poet Biorefining - Iowa Falls LLC TCR series: 2021=1.8 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=14.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Poet Biorefining - Iowa Falls LLC falls in its industry
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishmentsSafer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 49 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in Iowa.
Poet Biorefining - Iowa Falls LLC has more employees than the Denatured alcohol 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 | 14.7 | 12.8 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.5 | 1.6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325193 · IA · Iowa Falls
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 27 employers in Iowa Falls, 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 | KAAPA Partners Aurora, LLC | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Green Plains Bluffton LLC | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bushmills Ethanol, Inc. | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pennsylvania Grain Processing LLC | 6.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Daybreak Foods Inc. - Graettinger | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fort Dodge Service Center | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Prairie Creek Plant | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bettendorf Service Center | 54 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hospital | 163 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Scenic Living Communities Inc | 141 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1546 | 116 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1546 | 97 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Hyatt Place Phoenix Downtown | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 450 Maguire Rd | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TSE International | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Al-Fe Heat Treating Wabash | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | HW Cylar House | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Harleysville Ace Hardware | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gateway Payroll | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Caraday of Lampasas | 54 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.