Denatured alcohol manufacturing · Iowa
Valero Renewable Fuels Company LLC dba Valero Fort Dodge Plant
Fort Dodge, IA · ~70 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Valero Renewable Fuels Company LLC dba Valero Fort Dodge Plant runs at 57% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Denatured alcohol manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Valero Renewable Fuels Company LLC dba Valero Fort Dodge Plant: 1.9 TCR = 57% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Valero Renewable Fuels Company LLC dba Valero Fort Dodge Plant safety composite
Valero Renewable Fuels Company LLC dba Valero Fort Dodge Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).
52/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.89 per 100 workers
Safer than 75% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.34 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Valero Renewable Fuels Company LLC dba Valero Fort Dodge Plant: 1.3 → 2.3 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 2.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.24× in 2020
Valero Renewable Fuels Company LLC dba Valero Fort Dodge Plant's TCR rose 1.0 from 1.3 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 1.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325193 · Fort Dodge, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 57% of ind
- DART 2.3 DART
- RANK #12/49
- PHOTO Blue Flint Ethanol, …
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~70 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Blue Flint Ethanol, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Valero Renewable Fuels Company LLC dba Valero Fort Dodge Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Valero Renewable Fuels Company LLC dba Valero Fort Dodge Plant
1.9 TCR
- Blue Flint Eth
Blue Flint Ethanol, LLC
1.9 TCR
- Hankinson Rene
Hankinson Renewable Energy, LLC
1.9 TCR
- Prairie Horizo
Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy, LLC
1.9 TCR
- Ace Ethanol LL
Ace Ethanol LLC
1.9 TCR
What this shows Valero Renewable Fuels Company LLC dba Valero Fort Dodge Plant averages 1.9 TCR (57% of the Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Valero Renewable Fuels Company LLC dba Valero Fort Dodge Plant TCR series: 2016=1.3 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=2.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Valero Renewable Fuels Company LLC dba Valero Fort Dodge Plant falls in its industry
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishmentsSafer than 75% 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 #12 safest of 49 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in Iowa.
Valero Renewable Fuels Company LLC dba Valero Fort Dodge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325193 · IA · Fort Dodge
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 75 employers in Fort Dodge, 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 | Blue Flint Ethanol, LLC | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hankinson Renewable Energy, LLC | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy, LLC | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ace Ethanol LLC | 1.9 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 | UnityPoint Health - Trinity Regional Medical Center | 790 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Unity Point Trinity Regional Medical Center | 648 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fort Dodge Terminal | 539 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fort Dodge Correctional Facility | 452 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Medspeed Boise | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cal Cartage Warehousing & Transloading LLC-101 Little Hearst Pkwy. | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Swg Victorville Dist Ofc 0012-Fac01 | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Roses 183 | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Christensen Shipyards | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Michels Paving- Brownsville | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Weaver Elementary | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kent KT | 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.