Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing · Minnesota
POET Biorefining - Preston, LLC
Preston, MN · ~42 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
POET Biorefining - Preston, LLC runs at 117% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
POET Biorefining - Preston, LLC: 3.9 TCR = 117% of Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
POET Biorefining - Preston, LLC safety composite
POET Biorefining - Preston, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39%), 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).
55/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% 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
−6.6
2019→2024
POET Biorefining - Preston, LLC injury rate improved
POET Biorefining - Preston, LLC's TCR fell 6.6 from 9.0 in 2019 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 9.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=9.0 · 2020=7.0 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=2.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325193 · Preston, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 117% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #10/22
- PHOTO ICM Biofuels
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~42 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: ICM Biofuels (0.0 TCR gap)
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POET Biorefining - Preston, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Poet Biorefini
Poet Biorefining Corning
4 TCR
- This site
POET Biorefining - Preston, LLC
3.9 TCR
- ICM Biofuels
ICM Biofuels
3.9 TCR
- Big River Unit
Big River United Energy, LLC
3.9 TCR
- Poet Biorefini
Poet Biorefining- Hudson
3.8 TCR
What this shows POET Biorefining - Preston, LLC averages 3.9 TCR (117% of the Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
POET Biorefining - Preston, LLC TCR series: 2019=9 · 2020=7 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 3.3
Where POET Biorefining - Preston, LLC falls in its industry
228 Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, man establishmentsSafer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 22 Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, man employers in Minnesota.
POET Biorefining - Preston, LLC has fewer employees than the Ethyl alcohol, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9.0 | 4.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325193 · MN · Preston
228 Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 6 employers in Preston, MN · 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 | ICM Biofuels | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Poet Biorefining- Hudson | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Big River United Energy, LLC | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Poet Biorefining Corning | 4.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Michael Foods Inc.- GY2 | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Redwood Falls, MN-PS | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Willmar Municipal Utilities | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Benson Power, LLC | 42 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fillmore Central Elementary | 91 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Maple Leaf Services Inc | 82 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fillmore Central Elementary School | 82 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Main Plant | 44 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Creative Foam - PDC | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Flux Power | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ferguson | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Verst Langley | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Blanchard Valley Residential Services, Inc - Campus | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Store 1229 | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Store 8018 | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cashsaver #22 | 42 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.