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

St Joe Methyl Ester

St. Joseph, MO · ~24 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

St Joe Methyl Ester runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Transesterification of vegetable oils to produce fuels or fuel additives workplace, earning a grade A.

St Joe Methyl Ester: 1.3 TCR = 38% of Transesterification of vegetable oils to produce fuels or fuel additives BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

St Joe Methyl Ester safety composite

St Joe Methyl Ester scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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%).

Rising injury rate

St Joe Methyl Ester: 0.0 → 3.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 3.8 TCR · DART/TCR 3× in 2018

St Joe Methyl Ester's TCR rose 3.8 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325199 · St. Joseph, MO AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 38% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #8/19
  • PHOTO Proman USA (Pampa) LLC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Proman USA (Pampa) LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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St Joe Methyl Ester in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows St Joe Methyl Ester averages 1.3 TCR (38% 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

St Joe Methyl Ester TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where St Joe Methyl Ester falls in its industry

552 Transesterification of vegetab establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 19 Transesterification of vegetab employers in Missouri.

St Joe Methyl Ester (24 employees, TCR 1.3) 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 St Joe Methyl Ester
St Joe Methyl Ester (24 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5

St Joe Methyl Ester has fewer employees than the Transesterification of vegetable oils to median and a lower 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
2018 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325199 · MO · St. Joseph

552 Transesterification of vegetable oils to produce fuels or fuel additives employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 101 employers in St. Joseph, MO · 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 Proman USA (Pampa) LLC 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lanxess Corporation - Mapleton Site 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lanxess 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Taft Manufacturing Company 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Vanduser Gin Co Inc 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Service and Supply Cooperative, Bellflower MO 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN MISSOURI - Osage Plant 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dogwood Energy Facility 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR MW 1,685 FTE
CITY-NEAR Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health 961 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Joseph Community Office 631 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Joseph MO DAP 622 FTE
NAT-TCR Midway Windows and Doors Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 0000000022 Quick Chek Food Stores 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Casino and Hotel 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Open Fields Assisted Living 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lehner Screw Machine 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brenneco Fire Protection, Inc. 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Poi, La 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Avon Heights Mushrooms, Inc. 24 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: 2018, 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.