Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing · Iowa

Poet-DSM Project Liberty

Emmetsburg, IA · ~85 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Poet-DSM Project Liberty runs at 319% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Poet-DSM Project Liberty: 10.5 TCR = 319% of Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Poet-DSM Project Liberty safety composite

Poet-DSM Project Liberty scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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-DSM Project Liberty held a steady TCR band

Poet-DSM Project Liberty's TCR held near 0.1 from 10.3 in 2016 to 10.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 13.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.3 · 2017=8.2 · 2018=13.2 · 2019=10.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Emmetsburg, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.5 · 319% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #49/49
  • PHOTO POET Biorefining - C…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 38 inj
  • SIZE ~85 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: POET Biorefining - Cloverdale LLC (0.2 TCR gap)

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Poet-DSM Project Liberty in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Poet-DSM Project Liberty averages 10.5 TCR (319% 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-DSM Project Liberty TCR series: 2016=10.3 · 2017=8.2 · 2018=13.2 · 2019=10.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Poet-DSM Project Liberty falls in its industry

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 49 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu employers in Iowa.

Poet-DSM Project Liberty (85 employees, TCR 10.5) 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-DSM Project Liberty
Poet-DSM Project Liberty (85 employees, TCR 10.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Poet-DSM Project Liberty 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
2019 10.4 4.6 8 1 0
2018 13.2 6.1 13 0 0
2017 8.2 8.2 8 0 0
2016 10.3 9.2 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · IA · Emmetsburg

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 17 employers in Emmetsburg, 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 POET Biorefining - Cloverdale LLC 10.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bridgeport Ethanol 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Green Plains Ord LLC 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Synergy Solutions Crisp County 11.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc. -- Toledo SPSC 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4141_7899 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Enterprise Products (Northern MAPL) 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palo Alto County Health System 278 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wild Rose Casino Emmetsburg 160 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeside Lutheran Home 80 FTE
CITY-NEAR Emmetsburg Care Center 79 FTE
NAT-TCR 3400 W Duncan Rd 10.5 TCR
NAT-TCR ODW-San Leandro 10.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital (Nassau Bay, TX) 10.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Chicago - GLCC 10.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 17EE, 17R7 and 17E5 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stellar Energy 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5472-Swy 0035 1298 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5472-Swy 0035 1431 85 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.