Denatured alcohol manufacturing · South Dakota

Poet Biorefining Mitchell LLC

Mitchell, SD · ~44 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Poet Biorefining Mitchell LLC runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Denatured alcohol manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Poet Biorefining Mitchell LLC: 2.0 TCR = 61% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Poet Biorefining Mitchell LLC safety composite

Poet Biorefining Mitchell LLC 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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%).

Poet Biorefining Mitchell LLC held a steady TCR band

Poet Biorefining Mitchell LLC's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=8.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Mitchell, SD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 61% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/23
  • PHOTO Shell Rock Plant
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Shell Rock Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Poet Biorefining Mitchell LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Poet Biorefining Mitchell LLC averages 2.0 TCR (61% 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 Mitchell LLC TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=8 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Poet Biorefining Mitchell LLC falls in its industry

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 23 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in South Dakota.

Poet Biorefining Mitchell LLC (44 employees, TCR 2.0) 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 Mitchell LLC
Poet Biorefining Mitchell LLC (44 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Poet Biorefining Mitchell LLC 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 8.0 8.0 4 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · SD · Mitchell

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 72 employers in Mitchell, SD · 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 Shell Rock Plant 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR POET Biorefining - North Manchester 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valero Jefferson Plant 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC d/b/a Valero Mount Vernon Plant 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Clark 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE WEB Water Development Association, Inc. 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE ECI PIERRE 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dakotaland Feeds 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Avera Queen of Peace Hospital 376 FTE
CITY-NEAR TKI Mitchell 353 FTE
CITY-NEAR TKI Mitchell West 343 FTE
CITY-NEAR Muth Electric, Inc. 318 FTE
NAT-TCR NOV Hydra Rig Nitrogen 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Amherst Madison, Inc. - Marine Repair-Construction 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Cleveland Secondary 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR DWI 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Northern Prairie Polymers, LLC dba Industrial Molded Rubber Products 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Renze Display Company 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Superior Metal Products, Inc 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE OMCO 44 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: 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.