Denatured alcohol manufacturing · Indiana
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC (dba Valero Linden Plant)
Linden, IN · ~63 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC (dba Valero Linden Plant) runs at 15% 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 Linden Plant): 0.5 TCR = 15% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC (dba Valero Linden Plant) safety composite
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC (dba Valero Linden Plant) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% 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).
79/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.51 per 100 workers
Safer than 98% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC (dba Valero Linden Plant): 0.0 → 1.5 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 2.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC (dba Valero Linden Plant)'s TCR rose 1.5 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325193 · Linden, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 15% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #1/20
- PHOTO Big River Resources,…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~63 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Big River Resources, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC (dba Valero Linden Plant) in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Valero Renewab
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Hartley Plant
0.6 TCR
- Equistar Chemi
Equistar Chemicals
0.6 TCR
- Poet Biorefini
Poet Biorefining - Fostoria
0.6 TCR
- This site
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC (dba Valero Linden Plant)
0.5 TCR
- Big River Reso
Big River Resources, LLC
0.5 TCR
What this shows Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC (dba Valero Linden Plant) averages 0.5 TCR (15% of the Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC (dba Valero Linden Plant) TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC (dba Valero Linden Plant) falls in its industry
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishmentsSafer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 20 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in Indiana.
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC (dba Valero Linden 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 | 1.5 | 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325193 · IN · Linden
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 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 | Big River Resources, LLC | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Hartley Plant | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Equistar Chemicals | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Poet Biorefining - Fostoria | 0.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Total Seed Production | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Johnson County REMC | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Loren Wood Builders | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | RLTurner | 63 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tipmont REMC | 102 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Louis Dreyfus Company - Memphis Compress | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | MH Corporate | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Port Huron | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CMC Rebar Coating Waxahachie | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Texas Shafts, Inc. | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | TN-Nashville | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Albion Plant | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mbs Fabrication Inc | 63 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.