Washington, D.C. — The Corn Refiners Association (CRA) today announced the winners of its annual Workplace Safety Awards, honoring CRA member company facilities that achieved high standards of safety performance in 2025.
“Corn refining in the U.S. is one of the safest jobs in manufacturing, on par with office work. Today, we celebrate the leaders who have brought our industry to that position with awards that recognize their hard-earned progress,” said CRA President and CEO John Bode. “Twenty years ago, our industry’s safety record was typical of heavy manufacturing. Now, it is among the safest in the manufacturing sector. This demonstrates what long-term commitment to worker protection and continuous operational improvement can achieve.”
CRA and its member companies are committed to continual improvements in safety and the advancement of worker protections. These awards reflect those commitments, recognizing facilities that have demonstrated sustained operational excellence, including achieving low incident rates and maintaining extended periods without workplace-related incidents.
In 2025, five companies representing 12 facilities earned a total of 25 workplace safety awards, reflecting sustained commitment by the industry to protecting employees and supporting the communities in which they operate:
CRA Incident Rate Excellence Award: Recognizes plants demonstrating an employee total recordable incident rate of 1.0 or less, while maintaining zero lost workdays and no workplace fatalities during the calendar year.
Archer Daniels Midland
- Columbus, Nebraska
- Southport, North Carolina
Cargill
- Hammond, Indiana
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Paris, Illinois
Grain Processing Corporation
- Muscatine, Iowa
Ingredion
- Indianapolis, Indiana
Primient
- Dayton, Ohio
- Lafayette, Indiana
1 Million Hours Award: Recognizes facilities operating for 1 million consecutive employee hours without an employee lost workday or workplace-related fatality.
Archer Daniels Midland
- Columbus, Nebraska
Cargill
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Paris, Illinois
Grain Processing Corporation
- Muscatine, Iowa
Zero Lost Workdays Award: Acknowledges facilities operating for a full calendar year without an employee lost workday or a workplace-related fatality.
Archer Daniels Midland
- Columbus, Nebraska
- Southport, North Carolina
Cargill
- Dayton, Ohio
- Hammond, Indiana
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Paris, Illinois
- Wahpeton, North Dakota
Grain Processing Corporation
- Muscatine, Iowa
Ingredion
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Primient
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- Dayton, Ohio
- Lafayette, Indiana
CRA’s Workplace Safety Awards are based on rigorous, data-driven criteria and are supported by the association’s Workplace Safety Statistics Program, which provides a consistent framework for measuring, benchmarking, and improving safety performance across member facilities.
