Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing · Michigan

POET

Caro, MI · ~46 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

POET runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

POET: 2.8 TCR = 83% of Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

POET safety composite

POET scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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 held a steady TCR band

POET's TCR held near 0.1 from 4.2 in 2022 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Caro, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 83% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #4/8
  • PHOTO Green Plains York LLC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Green Plains York LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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POET in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows POET averages 2.8 TCR (83% 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 TCR series: 2022=4.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=4 · BLS 3.3

Where POET falls in its industry

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu employers in Michigan.

POET (46 employees, TCR 2.8) 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
POET (46 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

POET has fewer employees than the Ethanol, nonpotable, 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
2024 4.0 2.0 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.2 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · MI · Caro

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 21 employers in Caro, MI · 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 Green Plains York LLC 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ELEMENT, LLC 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Horizon Ethanol dba Poet Biorefinery 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Green Plains Shenandoah LLC 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fresh Solution Farms 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE DBA FALKNER FARMS 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE ROB MAINTENANCE 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE EDL Energy 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR CARO PSYCHIATRIC HOSPTAL- DHHS 408 FTE
CITY-NEAR CARO REG COMM HLTH - DHHS 380 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tuscola County Medical Care Community 303 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1798 288 FTE
NAT-TCR Delille Oxygen Company 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR S10279 - Jackson Hauling 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR VEKA South 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Regal Rexnord Filament 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Smetana & Associates Construction Co 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE R&E Enterprises of Mankato 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE East Haven Ice Rink/Recreation 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Food Equipment Services Co LLC 46 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. 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.