Carbon black manufacturing · Louisiana

Cabot Canal

Franklin, LA · ~154 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cabot Canal runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Carbon black manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Cabot Canal: 0.6 TCR = 18% of Carbon black manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cabot Canal safety composite

Cabot Canal scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% 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 0.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−0.6

2022→2024

Cabot Canal injury rate improved

Cabot Canal's TCR fell 0.6 from 0.6 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=0.6 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325180 · Franklin, LA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 18% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/30
  • PHOTO Belpre Plant
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~154 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Belpre Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cabot Canal in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cabot Canal averages 0.6 TCR (18% of the Carbon black manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cabot Canal TCR series: 2022=0.6 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Cabot Canal falls in its industry

418 Carbon black manufacturing establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 30 Carbon black manufacturing employers in Louisiana.

Cabot Canal (154 employees, TCR 0.6) 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 Cabot Canal
Cabot Canal (154 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Cabot Canal 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 1.2 0.6 2 0 0
2022 0.6 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325180 · LA · Franklin

418 Carbon black manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 15 employers in Franklin, 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 Belpre Plant 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Potters Industries 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Olin Corporation - Charleston plant 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Arkel Constructors 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE JFSNA at ExxonMobil Lubricants Port Allen 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE James Machine Works LLC 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE Seatrax, Inc. Service Department 154 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hospital Service District No 1 of St Mary Parish d/b/a Franklin Foundation Hospital 288 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hospital District No. 1 of St. Mary Parish d/b/a Franklin Foundation Hospital 144 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sterling Sugars, LLC 139 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cabot Corporation Canal Plant 135 FTE
NAT-TCR RLG - Litho Flexo 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR National Packaging Services, Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Bard Brachytherapy 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR ChemTreat, Inc 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Seymour of Sycamore, Inc. 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE P&a Industries 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE Anything Possible Brands 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE Royal Park Hotel 154 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. 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.