Denatured alcohol manufacturing · Indiana

Valero Renewable Fuels, LLC

Name: Valero Renewable Fuels, LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Bluffton, IN · ~70 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Valero Renewable Fuels, LLC runs at 20% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Denatured alcohol manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Valero Renewable Fuels, LLC: 0.7 TCR = 20% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valero Renewable Fuels, LLC safety composite

Valero Renewable Fuels, LLC 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 0.67 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%).

Rising injury rate

Valero Renewable Fuels, LLC: 0.0 → 1.3 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 1.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2022

Valero Renewable Fuels, LLC's TCR rose 1.3 from 0.0 in 2021 to 1.3 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Bluffton, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 20% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #2/20
PHOTO Valero Renewable Fue…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Valero Renewable Fuels Compan, LLC d/b/a Valero Mount Vernon Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Valero Renewable Fuels, LLC averages 0.7 TCR (20% of the Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Valero Renewable Fuels, LLC TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Valero Renewable Fuels, LLC falls in its industry

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 20 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in Indiana.

Valero Renewable Fuels, LLC (70 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Valero Renewable Fuels, LLC 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
2022	1.3	0.0	1	0	0
2021	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · IN · Bluffton

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 38 employers in Bluffton, IN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Valero Renewable Fuels Compan, LLC d/b/a Valero Mount Vernon Plant	MOUNT VERNON, IN	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fulton Plant FEP	FULTON, NY	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Valero Bloomingburg Plant	BLOOMINGBURG, OH	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Welcome Plant	WELCOME, MN	0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	AS PMI Mishawaka Service Center	MISHAWAKA	70 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Grimmer Construction, Inc.	HIGHLAND	70 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rieth-Riley - LaPorte	LAPORTE	70 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MILFORD	MILFORD	70 FTE
CITY-NEAR	K181-D181	Bluffton	1,022 FTE
CITY-NEAR	181-DC181	Bluffton	964 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hersheys Salty Snacks	Bluffton	369 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bluffton Motor Works, LLC	Bluffton	358 FTE
NAT-TCR	Service Motor Company Corporate	Dale, WI	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	HG665	Spokane Valley, WA	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	ACTS Retirement-Life Communities-Southeast Regional Office	Boca Ratan, FL	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hartzell Mfg. Co., LLC	Miamisburg, OH	0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Genacross Ministry Support	Toledo, OH	70 FTE
NAT-SIZE	E.J. Carrier Inc.	Jackman, ME	70 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Springhill Medical Center (Housekeeping)	Mobile, AL	70 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Gelson's Markets #26	Carlsbad, CA	70 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: 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.