Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing · North Dakota

Red River Biorefinery

Grand Forks, ND · ~28 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Red River Biorefinery runs at 28% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Red River Biorefinery: 0.9 TCR = 28% of Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Red River Biorefinery safety composite

Red River Biorefinery scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% 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%).

Red River Biorefinery held a steady TCR band

Red River Biorefinery's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Grand Forks, ND AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 28% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/7
  • PHOTO Valero Renewables La…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Valero Renewables Lakota (0.0 TCR gap)

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Red River Biorefinery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Red River Biorefinery averages 0.9 TCR (28% of the Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Red River Biorefinery TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Red River Biorefinery falls in its industry

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 7 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu employers in North Dakota.

Red River Biorefinery (28 employees, TCR 0.9) 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 Red River Biorefinery
Red River Biorefinery (28 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Red River Biorefinery 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · ND · Grand Forks

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota with headcount on file · 175 employers in Grand Forks, ND · 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 Valero Renewables Lakota 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR POET Bioprocessing -Hudson 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tharaldson Ethanol 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Energy Partners LLC, dba White Energy 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Capex Oilfield Services Inc. 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE DC POWER TONG LLC 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand Forks Service Center-BB 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Altru Health System Med Park 2,709 FTE
CITY-NEAR LM Wind Power 907 FTE
CITY-NEAR LM Wind Power : Grand Forks 614 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valley Eldercare Center 606 FTE
NAT-TCR The Furniture Superstore 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR GHSP - Grand Haven 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR FKCI Midwest Offfice 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR SMC-Tri 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 21 - Charleston 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vanderwall Brothers 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ross Transportation Services, Inc. 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hill's Cleaners 28 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.