Denatured alcohol manufacturing · South Dakota

Sioux River Ethanol LLC

Hudson, SD · ~50 workers · 2 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

Sioux River Ethanol LLC runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Denatured alcohol manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Sioux River Ethanol LLC: 1.9 TCR = 59% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sioux River Ethanol LLC safety composite

Sioux River Ethanol LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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%).

Sioux River Ethanol LLC held a steady TCR band

Sioux River Ethanol LLC's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.0 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.0 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.0 · 2017=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Hudson, SD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 59% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #3/23
  • PHOTO Ace Ethanol LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

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

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Sioux River Ethanol LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sioux River Ethanol LLC averages 1.9 TCR (59% of the Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Sioux River Ethanol LLC TCR series: 2016=2 · 2017=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Sioux River Ethanol LLC falls in its industry

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishments

Safer than 73% 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 #3 safest of 23 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in South Dakota.

Sioux River Ethanol LLC (50 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 Sioux River Ethanol LLC
Sioux River Ethanol LLC (50 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Sioux River Ethanol LLC has more employees than the Denatured alcohol 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
2017 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2016 2.0 2.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · SD · Hudson

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 4 employers in Hudson, 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 Ace Ethanol LLC 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC d/b/a Valero Mount Vernon Plant 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy, LLC 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR POET Biorefining - North Manchester 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mustang Seeds, Inc. 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jensen Rock & Sand Aberdeen 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sterling Technology 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michael Foods - NPE Flandreau 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR POET Bioprocessing -Hudson 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR Poet Biorefining- Hudson 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hudson Care and Rehab Center 23 FTE
NAT-TCR TownePlace Suites Baton Rouge South 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Iron Hill Brewery- Phoenixville 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5259 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Stevens Trucking 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE N and R of Camdenton Inc 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of California Inc 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE 06- Knoxville, TN 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE AmeriGas - Ft. Lauderdale, FL 50 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: 2017, 2016. 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.