Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing · Ohio

POET Biorefining-Marion, LLC

Marion, OH · ~55 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

POET Biorefining-Marion, LLC runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

POET Biorefining-Marion, LLC: 4.5 TCR = 138% of Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

POET Biorefining-Marion, LLC safety composite

POET Biorefining-Marion, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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-Marion, LLC: 2.3 → 6.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 6.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.44× in 2021

POET Biorefining-Marion, LLC's TCR rose 4.3 from 2.3 in 2016 to 6.5 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Marion, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 138% of ind

  • DART 6.5 DART
  • RANK #9/9
  • PHOTO Greenfield Global Wi…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Greenfield Global Winnebago LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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POET Biorefining-Marion, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows POET Biorefining-Marion, LLC averages 4.5 TCR (138% 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-Marion, LLC TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=6.2 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=6.5 · BLS 3.3

Where POET Biorefining-Marion, LLC falls in its industry

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 9 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu employers in Ohio.

POET Biorefining-Marion, LLC (55 employees, TCR 4.5) 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-Marion, LLC
POET Biorefining-Marion, LLC (55 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

POET Biorefining-Marion, 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
2021 6.5 6.5 4 0 0
2020 4.9 3.3 3 0 0
2019 2.8 1.4 2 0 0
2017 6.2 6.2 3 0 0
2016 2.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · OH · Marion

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 113 employers in Marion, 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 Greenfield Global Winnebago LLC 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR POET Bioprocessing, LLC 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aberdeen Energy, LLC 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacific Ethanol Stockton 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE IGS Solar 6100 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dolan Lab 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Backbone Power Systems LLC 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbus NE Service Center 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Whirlpool-Marion Operations 2,470 FTE
CITY-NEAR Whirlpool 2,277 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marion General Hospital 2,036 FTE
CITY-NEAR United Church Homes, Inc. 1,377 FTE
NAT-TCR Calhoun Liberty Hospital 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 2146 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Schreiter Concrete 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 5735 - LA Orange 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE United Electric Cooperative, Inc. 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Behr Midway 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shore Cliff Hotel 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Public Works Department 55 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, 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.