Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing · Louisiana

Arkema-SCO

Taft, LA · ~63 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Arkema-SCO runs at 37% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Arkema-SCO: 1.2 TCR = 37% of Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Arkema-SCO safety composite

Arkema-SCO scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Arkema-SCO: 0.0 → 3.6 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.5× in 2018

Arkema-SCO's TCR rose 3.6 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.6 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Taft, LA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 37% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #3/9
  • PHOTO USA MI Holland Plant
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: USA MI Holland Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Arkema-SCO in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Arkema-SCO averages 1.2 TCR (37% of the Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Arkema-SCO TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=3.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Arkema-SCO falls in its industry

530 Architectural coatings (i.e., establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 9 Architectural coatings (i.e., employers in Louisiana.

Arkema-SCO (63 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Arkema-SCO
Arkema-SCO (63 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Arkema-SCO has fewer employees than the Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) man median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2018 3.6 1.8 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · LA · Taft

530 Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 5 employers in Taft, LA · 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 USA MI Holland Plant 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Belle Chasse Facility 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR US KY Richmond Plant 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Behr Paint Compnay Chicago Heights 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Concordia Electric Cooperative 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ratcliff Construction 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hernandez Consulting Inc 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aeon PEC 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Charles Operations - Taft 1,095 FTE
CITY-NEAR Taft Plant 206 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arkema SCO 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR Taft 27 FTE
NAT-TCR Newalta Texas Branch Office 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Westech Building Product 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR ADDvantage Triton 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hydro - Mountain Top 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE TSI Corporate Office 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Port Everglades Plant 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Associated Milk Producers Inc (Arlington) 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rockford 63 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.