Denatured alcohol manufacturing · Iowa
Valero Charles City Plant
Charles City, IA · ~70 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Valero Charles City Plant runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Denatured alcohol manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Valero Charles City Plant: 0.6 TCR = 18% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Valero Charles City Plant safety composite
Valero Charles City Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
78/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.59 per 100 workers
Safer than 96% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 77% 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%).
TCR Δ
−1.4
2016→2024
Valero Charles City Plant injury rate improved
Valero Charles City Plant's TCR fell 1.4 from 1.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=1.4 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325193 · Charles City, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 18% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #3/49
- PHOTO Valero Renewable Fue…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~70 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Valero Charles City Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Valero Charles City Plant
0.6 TCR
- Valero Renewab
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC
0.6 TCR
- Poet Biorefini
Poet Biorefining - Fostoria
0.6 TCR
- Valero Renewab
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Hartley Plant
0.6 TCR
- Equistar Chemi
Equistar Chemicals
0.6 TCR
What this shows Valero Charles City Plant averages 0.6 TCR (18% of the Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Valero Charles City Plant TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3
Where Valero Charles City Plant falls in its industry
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishmentsSafer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 49 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in Iowa.
Valero Charles City Plant 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325193 · IA · Charles City
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 25 employers in Charles City, IA · 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 | Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Poet Biorefining - Fostoria | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Hartley Plant | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Equistar Chemicals | 0.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Iowa Falls Office | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | GCI Gladbrook | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Henkel Construction Company | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Knutson Construction Midwest | 70 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Simply Essentials | 482 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Zoetis LLC. | 436 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cambrex Charles City, Inc. | 366 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FLOYD COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER | 184 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Essex Group Management Corp | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | BASF Beaumont | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | United Titanium | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Broadview Product Development | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Aegis of Newcastle | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pioneer Transformer Co. | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Walker's Furniture-999 | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lebanon | 70 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.