Denatured alcohol manufacturing · Minnesota
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Welcome Plant
Welcome, MN · ~71 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Welcome Plant runs at 22% 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 Welcome Plant: 0.7 TCR = 22% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Welcome Plant safety composite
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Welcome Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% 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).
77/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.73 per 100 workers
Safer than 93% 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
−1.3
2017→2024
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Welcome Plant injury rate improved
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Welcome Plant's TCR fell 1.3 from 1.3 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=1.3 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325193 · Welcome, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 22% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #2/22
- PHOTO Green Plains Hopewel…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~71 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Green Plains Hopewell LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Welcome 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 Welcome Plant
0.7 TCR
- Green Plains H
Green Plains Hopewell LLC
0.7 TCR
- Valero Riga Pl
Valero Riga Plant
0.7 TCR
- Valero Renewab
Valero Renewable Fuels Compan, LLC d/b/a Valero Mount Vernon Plant
0.7 TCR
- Fulton Plant F
Fulton Plant FEP
0.7 TCR
What this shows Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Welcome Plant averages 0.7 TCR (22% of the Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Welcome Plant TCR series: 2017=1.3 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3
Where Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Welcome Plant falls in its industry
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishmentsSafer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 22 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in Minnesota.
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Welcome 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 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325193 · MN · Welcome
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota 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 | Green Plains Hopewell LLC | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Valero Riga Plant | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Valero Renewable Fuels Compan, LLC d/b/a Valero Mount Vernon Plant | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fulton Plant FEP | 0.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Fagen, Inc. | 71 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rochester Office | 71 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Donlar Construction Company | 71 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hanson Silo Company | 71 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Welcome | 15 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Ledesma and Meyer | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Baltimore | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Maplewood at Darien | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Nucor Harris Rebar Mid-Atlantic LLC (Baltimore Facility) | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Haase Mechanical Contractors, Inc. | 71 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sodexo at Umf South Dining Hall | 71 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sodexo at Centinela Hospital Medical Ctr | 71 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AgSource Services, LLC | 71 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.