Carbon black manufacturing · Texas

Borger

Borger, TX · ~132 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Borger runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Carbon black manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Borger: 1.3 TCR = 41% of Carbon black manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Borger safety composite

Borger scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

−3.4

2016→2024

Borger injury rate improved

Borger's TCR fell 3.4 from 3.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.4 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=0.6 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325180 · Borger, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 41% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #29/47
  • PHOTO USALCO - La Porte
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~132 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: USALCO - La Porte (0.0 TCR gap)

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Borger in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Borger averages 1.3 TCR (41% of the Carbon black manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Borger TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=0.6 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Borger falls in its industry

418 Carbon black manufacturing establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 47 Carbon black manufacturing employers in Texas.

Borger (132 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Borger
Borger (132 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Borger has more employees than the Carbon black manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.2 1.9 5 0 0
2022 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2021 1.4 1.4 2 0 0
2020 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2019 1.5 1.5 2 0 0
2018 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2016 3.4 1.7 4 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325180 · TX · Borger

418 Carbon black manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 37 employers in Borger, TX · 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 USALCO - La Porte 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metropolis 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR VWR Chemicals Solon 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tronox LLC Henderson Facility 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tolk/Plant X Station 132 FTE
STATE-SIZE Taylor Morrison 132 FTE
STATE-SIZE Paragon 132 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arch-Con Corporation - Houston 132 FTE
CITY-NEAR Borger Refinery 698 FTE
CITY-NEAR Borger Refinery (Phillips 66 Company) 666 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwest Insulation Company 291 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1516 282 FTE
NAT-TCR Topeka Sc 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR PhilCorr LLC 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Spectrum Solutions, Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE SFC Gillett 333 132 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shasta Beverages Inc Gainesville 132 FTE
NAT-SIZE BRANCO Enterprises, Inc. 132 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cuivre River Electric Cooperative Inc. 132 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.