Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing · South Dakota

POET Research Center

Scotland, SD · ~54 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

POET Research Center runs at 219% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

POET Research Center: 7.2 TCR = 219% of Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

POET Research Center safety composite

POET Research Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

−10.7

2016→2024

POET Research Center injury rate improved

POET Research Center's TCR fell 10.7 from 12.8 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 12.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.8 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=8.6 · 2020=10.9 · 2021=8.3 · 2022=4.0 · 2023=7.6 · 2024=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Scotland, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 219% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #23/23
  • PHOTO Corn Plus
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Corn Plus (0.0 TCR gap)

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POET Research Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows POET Research Center averages 7.2 TCR (219% of the Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

POET Research Center TCR series: 2016=12.8 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=8.6 · 2020=10.9 · 2021=8.3 · 2022=4 · 2023=7.6 · 2024=2 · BLS 3.3

Where POET Research Center falls in its industry

228 Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, man establishments

Safer than 6% 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 #23 safest of 23 Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, man employers in South Dakota.

POET Research Center (54 employees, TCR 7.2) 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 Research Center
POET Research Center (54 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

POET Research Center has more 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 2.0 0.0 0 1 0
2023 7.6 3.8 4 0 0
2022 4.0 2.0 2 0 0
2021 8.3 2.1 2 2 0
2020 10.9 5.5 4 2 0
2019 8.6 3.4 5 0 0
2018 3.4 0.0 0 2 0
2017 7.3 0.0 3 1 0
2016 12.8 1.8 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · SD · Scotland

228 Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 3 employers in Scotland, 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 Corn Plus 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Golden Grain Energy LLC 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Great Plains Ethanol. LLC d.b.a Poet Biorefining- Chancellor 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacific Ethanol Columbia, LLC 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Component Manufacturing Company - Plant 2 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE TrueNorth Steel-Rapid Ciy 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE H-S Precision, Inc. 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE VRC Metal Systems, Box Elder 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR Menno-Olivet Care Center 59 FTE
CITY-NEAR Landmann-Jungman Memorial Hospital Corporation 46 FTE
NAT-TCR Lowe Precast - Waco 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Nelson County Fiscal Court 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Great Lakes Management The Glenn Hopkins Towers 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Agrima Farms INC 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE White Oak Transportation Complex -Est 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lakewood 116 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Portland 170 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plant 7 Insul-Courtic Corp 54 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, 2021, 2020, 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.