Bends, pipe, made from purchased metal pipe · Louisiana

Carpenter & Paterson Inc.

Name: Carpenter & Paterson Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Waggaman, LA · ~174 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Carpenter & Paterson Inc. runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bends, pipe, made from purchased metal pipe workplace, earning a grade C.

Carpenter & Paterson Inc.: 3.3 TCR = 98% of Bends, pipe, made from purchased metal pipe BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carpenter & Paterson Inc. safety composite

Carpenter & Paterson Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 50%), 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).

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−3.0

2017→2021

Carpenter & Paterson Inc. injury rate improved

Carpenter & Paterson Inc.'s TCR fell 3.0 from 4.8 in 2017 to 1.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.8 · 2021=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332996 · Waggaman, LA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 98% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #16/19
PHOTO Constellation Indust…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~174 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Constellation Industries (Weedy) (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.3
Constellation

3.3
Canton

3.3
EPC-Fayettevil

3.3
Ford Meter Box

3.2

What this shows Carpenter & Paterson Inc. averages 3.3 TCR (98% of the Bends, pipe, made from purchased metal pipe BLS benchmark).

Carpenter & Paterson Inc. TCR series: 2017=4.8 · 2021=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Carpenter & Paterson Inc. falls in its industry

337 Bends, pipe, made from purchas establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 19 Bends, pipe, made from purchas employers in Louisiana.

Carpenter & Paterson Inc. (174 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Carpenter & Paterson Inc. has more employees than the Bends, pipe, made from purchased metal p median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2021	1.8	0.0	1	1	0
2017	4.8	3.8	10	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332996 · LA · Waggaman

337 Bends, pipe, made from purchased metal pipe employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 14 employers in Waggaman, LA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Constellation Industries (Weedy)	HOUSTON, TX	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Canton	CANTON, MS	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	EPC-Fayetteville	FAYETTEVILLE, AR	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ford Meter Box	PELL CITY, AL	3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	RJ Daigle & Sons	GONZALES	174 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Action Industries Inc.	BELLE ROSE	174 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Martco Oakdale OSB, LLC	OAKDALE	174 FTE
STATE-SIZE	LAD Companies	MORGAN CITY	174 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cornerstone Chemical Company- Fortier	Waggaman	494 FTE
CITY-NEAR	New Orleans Marine	Waggaman	175 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ARTCO Stevedoring	Waggaman	162 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Carpenter & Paterson Waggaman Branch	Waggaman	120 FTE
NAT-TCR	Store #131	Anna, TX	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	60 West Street	Bethel, CT	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bender Plumbing of Hartford, LLC	Hartford, CT	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Anchor - Fishers	Fishers, NY	3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Cenveo Dallas	Dallas, TX	174 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sandvik Materials Technology - Clarks Summit	Clarks Summit, PA	174 FTE
NAT-SIZE	461 - Tacoma	Payallup, WA	174 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Flowers Baking Company of Ohio, LLC	Northwood, OH	174 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: 2021, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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