Denatured alcohol manufacturing · Michigan

Valero Riga Plant

Riga, MI · ~22 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

Valero Riga Plant runs at 22% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Denatured alcohol manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Valero Riga Plant: 0.7 TCR = 22% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valero Riga Plant safety composite

Valero Riga 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.74 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

−3.7

2019→2023

Valero Riga Plant injury rate improved

Valero Riga Plant's TCR fell 3.7 from 3.7 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.7 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Riga, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 22% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/8
  • PHOTO Valero Renewable Fue…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Welcome Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Valero Riga Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Valero Riga Plant averages 0.7 TCR (22% 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 Riga Plant TCR series: 2019=3.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Valero Riga Plant falls in its industry

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 8 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in Michigan.

Valero Riga Plant (22 employees, TCR 0.7) 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 Riga Plant
Valero Riga Plant (22 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Valero Riga Plant has fewer 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.7 3.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · MI · Riga

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan 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 Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Welcome Plant 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Green Plains Hopewell LLC 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Albert City Plant 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valero Renewable Fuels Compan, LLC d/b/a Valero Mount Vernon Plant 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Skymint Silo59 Production Facility 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE PRT Brighton 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cadillac Renewable Energy 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Benzonia 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Green Plains Holding II LLC - Riga 47 FTE
NAT-TCR UC Health 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Koester Construction Company Incorporated 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR McCownGordon Construction 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Motion Systems : Goodland 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Thomas Concrete of Georgia Lithonia 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Landmark Homes of Washington Inc 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE BP Roofing Inc 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bralco Metals 22 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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