Denatured alcohol manufacturing · Nebraska

Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Albion Plant

Albion, NE · ~63 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Albion Plant runs at 37% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Denatured alcohol manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Albion Plant: 1.2 TCR = 37% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Albion Plant safety composite

Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Albion Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% 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).

C

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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%).

Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Albion Plant held a steady TCR band

Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Albion Plant's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.4 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.4 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Albion, NE AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 37% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/24
  • PHOTO Bonanza BioEnergy, LLC
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bonanza BioEnergy, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Albion Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Albion Plant averages 1.2 TCR (37% of the Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Albion Plant TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Albion Plant falls in its industry

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 24 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in Nebraska.

Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Albion Plant (63 employees, TCR 1.2) 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 Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Albion Plant
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Albion Plant (63 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Albion 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 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.8 1.4 2 0 0
2018 2.7 0.0 2 0 0
2017 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2016 1.4 1.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · NE · Albion

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 7 employers in Albion, NE · 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 Bonanza BioEnergy, LLC 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Siouxland Ethanol 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Louis Dreyfus Company - Norfolk 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR POET - Jewell 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dow AgroSciences/Mycogen Seeds 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sampson Construction - Papillion, NE 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vision Mechanical LLC 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE NatureWorks LLC (Blair) 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR Good Samaritatn Society-Albion 99 FTE
CITY-NEAR JSMM Farms Albion 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pillen Family Farms Mill 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Albion, NE 26 FTE
NAT-TCR NSK Corp. Liberty, Indiana 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Prime Line, Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Spence Brothers 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Store #56 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Texas Shafts, Inc. 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Van Beek Drywall, Inc. 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Whitmore Lake 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC (dba Valero Linden Plant) 63 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, 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.