Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing · Indiana

South Bend Ethanol, LLC

South Bend, IN · ~57 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

South Bend Ethanol, LLC runs at 133% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

South Bend Ethanol, LLC: 4.4 TCR = 133% of Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South Bend Ethanol, LLC safety composite

South Bend Ethanol, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 8%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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

South Bend Ethanol, LLC: 0.0 → 9.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 9.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.18× in 2024

South Bend Ethanol, LLC's TCR rose 9.1 from 0.0 in 2019 to 9.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · South Bend, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 133% of ind

  • DART 5.2 DART
  • RANK #15/20
  • PHOTO Huron Energy, LLC
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Huron Energy, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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South Bend Ethanol, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows South Bend Ethanol, LLC averages 4.4 TCR (133% of the Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

South Bend Ethanol, LLC TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=4 · 2024=9.1 · BLS 3.3

Where South Bend Ethanol, LLC falls in its industry

228 Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, man establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 20 Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, man employers in Indiana.

South Bend Ethanol, LLC (57 employees, TCR 4.4) 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 South Bend Ethanol, LLC
South Bend Ethanol, LLC (57 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

South Bend Ethanol, LLC has more employees than the Ethyl alcohol, 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 9.1 5.2 6 1 0
2023 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 5.9 5.9 3 0 0
2020 7.5 7.5 1 4 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · IN · South Bend

228 Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 318 employers in South Bend, IN · 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 Huron Energy, LLC 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Diamond Ethanol LLC 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chief Ethanol Fuels- Hastings 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Iroquois Bio-Energy 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Remington Corp 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE AAA Main Office 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gatlin Plumbing & Heating, Inc. 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sullivan & Poore, Inc. 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memorial Hospital South Bend 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Joseph County 1,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fourwinds Casino South Bend 1,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR Honeywell IN08 810 FTE
NAT-TCR Arronco Comfort Air Inc. 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR BendTec,LLC 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Old Town Trolley Tours of San Diego Inc 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 060 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Nissan Memphis Parts Distribution Center 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABC Construction Company Inc. 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Green Plains Fairmont LLC 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bronx Day School 57 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.