Denatured alcohol manufacturing · Kansas

Western Plains Energy, LLC

Oakley, KS · ~39 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western Plains Energy, LLC runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Denatured alcohol manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Western Plains Energy, LLC: 1.4 TCR = 42% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Plains Energy, LLC safety composite

Western Plains Energy, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% 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).

C

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

Western Plains Energy, LLC: 0.0 → 2.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Western Plains Energy, LLC's TCR rose 2.6 from 0.0 in 2017 to 2.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Oakley, KS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 42% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/12
  • PHOTO Fairbank Plant
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fairbank Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Western Plains Energy, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western Plains Energy, LLC averages 1.4 TCR (42% of the Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Western Plains Energy, LLC TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=2.3 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Western Plains Energy, LLC falls in its industry

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 12 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in Kansas.

Western Plains Energy, LLC (39 employees, TCR 1.4) 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 Western Plains Energy, LLC
Western Plains Energy, LLC (39 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Western Plains Energy, LLC 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
2024 2.6 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.5 0.0 0 1 0
2019 2.3 0.0 0 1 0
2018 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · KS · Oakley

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 5 employers in Oakley, KS · 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 Fairbank Plant 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Iowa Falls Plant 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chippewa Valley Ethanol Co LLLP 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arthur Plant 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1550 W Road 70 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Beefland Feed Yard 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lawrence Service Center 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE BHE - Lawrence (KS009) 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR Logan County Health Services 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sporer Land Development, Inc. 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pioneer Feedyard LLC 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR LOGAN COUNTY SENIOR LIVING 35 FTE
NAT-TCR Lee Landscapes, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlanta Gear Works Inc 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR WVWA Coulter Building 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Lexington Kentucky Office 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hampton Inn 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eldridge Park Elementary School 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hudson 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Noble Panels & Gates, Inc. 39 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.