Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing · Kansas

Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy, LLC

Phillipsburg, KS · ~35 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy, LLC runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy, LLC: 1.9 TCR = 58% of Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy, LLC safety composite

Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy, 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 1.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy, LLC: 0.0 → 2.6 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 4.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2021

Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy, LLC's TCR rose 2.6 from 0.0 in 2017 to 2.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Phillipsburg, KS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 58% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/12
  • PHOTO Ace Ethanol LLC
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ace Ethanol LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy, LLC averages 1.9 TCR (58% of the Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy, LLC TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy, LLC falls in its industry

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 12 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu employers in Kansas.

Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy, LLC (35 employees, TCR 1.9) 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 Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy, LLC
Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy, LLC (35 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy, LLC 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
2021 2.6 0.0 1 0 0
2020 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.7 0.0 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · KS · Phillipsburg

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 6 employers in Phillipsburg, KS · 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 Ace Ethanol LLC 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sioux River Ethanol LLC 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC d/b/a Valero Mount Vernon Plant 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blue Flint Ethanol, LLC 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Brookover Feed Yard 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Pioneer Electric Company Liberal District 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kansas City Office 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tom's Ditching & Backhoe, Inc. 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Phillips County Health Systems 131 FTE
CITY-NEAR TAMKO - Phillipsburg 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR TAMKO Building Products LLC - Phillipsburg 95 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summit Sustainable Ingredients, LLC 71 FTE
NAT-TCR Jack Daniel's Marketing 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sebring International Raceway 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ultimate Linings, LLC 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Dsg Harmony 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE US ND Williston 2203 2nd Ave 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE PDC 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oro Grande 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilite International Orion 35 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.