Epoxy coatings made from purchased resins · Louisiana

Carboline Company-Lake Charles

Lake Charles, LA · ~87 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carboline Company-Lake Charles runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Epoxy coatings made from purchased resins workplace, earning a grade B.

Carboline Company-Lake Charles: 1.8 TCR = 54% of Epoxy coatings made from purchased resins BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carboline Company-Lake Charles safety composite

Carboline Company-Lake Charles scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.7

2016→2020

Carboline Company-Lake Charles injury rate improved

Carboline Company-Lake Charles's TCR fell 0.7 from 2.0 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.0 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 54% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #7/9
  • PHOTO BYK USA Louisville
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~87 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BYK USA Louisville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carboline Company-Lake Charles in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carboline Company-Lake Charles averages 1.8 TCR (54% of the Epoxy coatings made from purchased resins BLS benchmark).

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

Carboline Company-Lake Charles TCR series: 2016=2 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Carboline Company-Lake Charles falls in its industry

530 Epoxy coatings made from purch establishments

Safer than 65% 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 #7 safest of 9 Epoxy coatings made from purch employers in Louisiana.

Carboline Company-Lake Charles (87 employees, TCR 1.8) 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 Carboline Company-Lake Charles
Carboline Company-Lake Charles (87 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Carboline Company-Lake Charles has more employees than the Epoxy coatings made from purchased resin 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
2020 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2019 1.2 0.0 0 1 0
2018 2.6 1.3 1 1 0
2016 2.0 1.0 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · LA · Lake Charles

530 Epoxy coatings made from purchased resins employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 197 employers in Lake Charles, 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 BYK USA Louisville 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Paint & Chemical Corporation 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tipp City Plant 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR USA TX Arlington Plant 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hi-Tech Electric - New Orleans 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lula Factory 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Syrah Technologies 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Conrad Amelia 87 FTE
CITY-NEAR Golden Nugget Lake Charles 2,182 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lauberge Casino Resort 1,973 FTE
CITY-NEAR Westlake Chemical Sout 1,063 FTE
CITY-NEAR Westlake Chemical South 1,054 FTE
NAT-TCR 2304 Loyola University Maywood 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR IN012 Richmond (G Street) Container 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Kimball Cherry St 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Swg North Ops Office 0021-Fac48 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ridgeview Rehab and Nursing Center 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Delano 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pawnee Station 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Memphis 87 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.