Transesterification of vegetable oils to produce fuels or fuel additives · Iowa

Sergeant Bluff Methyl Ester

Sergeant Bluff, IA · ~27 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sergeant Bluff Methyl Ester runs at 147% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Transesterification of vegetable oils to produce fuels or fuel additives workplace, earning a grade D.

Sergeant Bluff Methyl Ester: 4.9 TCR = 147% of Transesterification of vegetable oils to produce fuels or fuel additives BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sergeant Bluff Methyl Ester safety composite

Sergeant Bluff Methyl Ester scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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 4.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−4.4

2016→2024

Sergeant Bluff Methyl Ester injury rate improved

Sergeant Bluff Methyl Ester's TCR fell 4.4 from 4.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 13.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.4 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=9.0 · 2021=13.2 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=8.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325199 · Sergeant Bluff, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 147% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #16/17
  • PHOTO Lamberti Synthesis U…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lamberti Synthesis USA, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sergeant Bluff Methyl Ester in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sergeant Bluff Methyl Ester averages 4.9 TCR (147% of the Transesterification of vegetable oils to produce fuels or fuel additives BLS benchmark).

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

Sergeant Bluff Methyl Ester TCR series: 2016=4.4 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=9 · 2021=13.2 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=8 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Sergeant Bluff Methyl Ester falls in its industry

552 Transesterification of vegetab establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 17 Transesterification of vegetab employers in Iowa.

Sergeant Bluff Methyl Ester (27 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02004006008001,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Sergeant Bluff Methyl Ester
Sergeant Bluff Methyl Ester (27 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Sergeant Bluff Methyl Ester has fewer employees than the Transesterification of vegetable oils to median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 8.0 4.0 2 0 0
2022 4.3 4.3 1 0 0
2021 13.2 4.4 3 0 0
2020 9.0 4.5 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325199 · IA · Sergeant Bluff

552 Transesterification of vegetable oils to produce fuels or fuel additives employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 17 employers in Sergeant Bluff, IA · 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 Lamberti Synthesis USA, Inc. 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Biotech 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fulcrum Biofuels 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Fort Worth 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2520-Storm Lake, IA (Monsanto Co.) 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wastewater Treatment Plant 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quality Construction Services, Inc. 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Weitz Company - Mission Critical - Microsoft DSM 14 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Port Neal 277 FTE
CITY-NEAR GELITA USA Sioux City 276 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sioux City Neal North 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR FAREWAY STORES, INC. 014 SERGEANT BLUFF 87 FTE
NAT-TCR Goshen Health Goshen Physicians 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR The Village of St. Edward 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Lester R. Summers, Inc. 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Meredith 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE MH Erie 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE MH Evansville 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE 04-Fayetteville 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elder Construction, Inc - Colorado Springs 27 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, 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.