Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing · Nebraska

Sandhills Renewable Energy LLC

Atkinson, NE · ~38 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sandhills Renewable Energy LLC runs at 356% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Sandhills Renewable Energy LLC: 11.8 TCR = 356% of Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sandhills Renewable Energy LLC safety composite

Sandhills Renewable Energy LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−14.8

2023→2024

Sandhills Renewable Energy LLC injury rate improved

Sandhills Renewable Energy LLC's TCR fell 14.8 from 19.2 in 2023 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 19.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=19.2 · 2024=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Atkinson, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.8 · 356% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #24/24
  • PHOTO Synergy Solutions Cr…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Synergy Solutions Crisp County (0.1 TCR gap)

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Sandhills Renewable Energy LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sandhills Renewable Energy LLC averages 11.8 TCR (356% of the Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Sandhills Renewable Energy LLC TCR series: 2023=19.2 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Sandhills Renewable Energy LLC falls in its industry

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 24 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu employers in Nebraska.

Sandhills Renewable Energy LLC (38 employees, TCR 11.8) 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 Sandhills Renewable Energy LLC
Sandhills Renewable Energy LLC (38 employees, TCR 11.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Sandhills Renewable Energy LLC has fewer 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
2024 4.3 2.2 2 0 0
2023 19.2 19.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · NE · Atkinson

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 10 employers in Atkinson, NE · 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 Synergy Solutions Crisp County 11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bridgeport Ethanol 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR POET Biorefining - Cloverdale LLC 10.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Poet-DSM Project Liberty 10.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE R Lazy K Inc. 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE BHE - Papillion W 6th St (NE010) 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Energy Center Omaha 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Darland Construction 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mitchell Equipment, LLC 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR Good Samaritan Society-Atkinson/Prairie Winds 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR LDC 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR C000 51 FTE
NAT-TCR 151 McDonough 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR J&J Machine llc 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Millcreek Construction Group, Inc. 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Locust Grove 11.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Metalmax Texarkana 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vegetable Growers Supply 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harrison Ar 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gear Motions 38 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. 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.