Corn sweeteners (e.g., dextrose, fructose, glucose) made by wet milling corn · Indiana

Tate & Lyle, Lafayette South

Lafayette, IN · ~226 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tate & Lyle, Lafayette South runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Corn sweeteners (e.g., dextrose, fructose, glucose) made by wet milling corn workplace, earning a grade A.

Tate & Lyle, Lafayette South: 1.6 TCR = 49% of Corn sweeteners (e.g., dextrose, fructose, glucose) made by wet milling corn BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tate & Lyle, Lafayette South safety composite

Tate & Lyle, Lafayette South scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−0.7

2016→2020

Tate & Lyle, Lafayette South injury rate improved

Tate & Lyle, Lafayette South's TCR fell 0.7 from 2.0 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.0 · 2017=1.2 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311221 · Lafayette, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 49% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #4/8
  • PHOTO Richland Facility
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~226 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Richland Facility (0.1 TCR gap)

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Tate & Lyle, Lafayette South in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tate & Lyle, Lafayette South averages 1.6 TCR (49% of the Corn sweeteners (e.g., dextrose, fructose, glucose) made by wet milling corn BLS benchmark).

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

Tate & Lyle, Lafayette South TCR series: 2016=2 · 2017=1.2 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Tate & Lyle, Lafayette South falls in its industry

53 Corn sweeteners (e.g., dextros establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Corn sweeteners (e.g., dextros employers in Indiana.

Tate & Lyle, Lafayette South (226 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 205 employees and a TCR of 1.7 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 0200400600800 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Tate & Lyle, Lafayette South
Tate & Lyle, Lafayette South (226 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 205 employees and a TCR of 1.7

Tate & Lyle, Lafayette South has more employees than the Corn sweeteners (e.g., dextrose, fructos median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.7. 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
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

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311221 · IN · Lafayette

53 Corn sweeteners (e.g., dextrose, fructose, glucose) made by wet milling corn employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 205 employers in Lafayette, 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 Richland Facility 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tate and Lyle Ingredients 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cedar Rapids Wet Mill 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cargill Inc. North American Sweeteners 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE FKCI Midwest Offfice 226 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kelly Box & Packaging 226 FTE
STATE-SIZE NISCO-Fort Wayne 226 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keystone RV Plant 311 226 FTE
CITY-NEAR Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. 6,222 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lafayette Operations 3,025 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wabash Lafayette North 2,452 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arnett Hospital 2,070 FTE
NAT-TCR Maxion Wheels Akron Operations 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR PaR Shoreview 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Carlisle Syntec - Senatobia 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Construction 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sharp Rees-Stealy-LM 226 FTE
NAT-SIZE Milos Tea Company 226 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sun Nuclear Corporation 226 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saint Paul Police Headquarters 226 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.