Tate & Lyle, Lafayette South
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LAFAYETTE, IN | Corn sweeteners (e.g., dextrose, fructose, glucose) made by wet milling corn
~226 avg employees | 5 years of OSHA data
Tate & Lyle, Lafayette South has an average TCR of 1.6, which is 49% of the industry average (3.3) for Corn sweeteners (e.g., dextrose, fructose, glucose) made by wet milling corn. This is significantly better than average.
Safety Insights for Tate & Lyle, Lafayette South
Tate & Lyle, Lafayette South operates an establishment with approximately 226 full-time equivalent workers in LAFAYETTE, IN, classified under the Corn sweeteners (e.g., dextrose, fructose, glucose) made by wet milling corn industry (NAICS 311221). Across 5 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 17 recordable injuries, 2 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 1.6 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the A letter grade (Excellent Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.3 for Corn sweeteners (e.g., dextrose, fructose, glucose) made by wet milling corn, Tate & Lyle, Lafayette South's workforce experiences 49% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR below the benchmark signals that controls, training, or automation may be outperforming peers.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 5 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Tate & Lyle, Lafayette South as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Tate & Lyle, Lafayette South's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 311221 — Corn sweeteners (e.g., dextrose, fructose, glucose) made by wet milling corn.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2020)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
2 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 457,826 hours worked = 0.87 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Tate & Lyle, Lafayette South (this establishment) | 1.61 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 5-year avg |
| Starches (except laundry) manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 311221 |
| Indiana state avg (all industries) | 21.66 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Tate & Lyle, Lafayette South to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2020: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 4 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
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