Natural Gas Distribution · Louisiana

CenterPoint Energy - Lake Charles

Lake Charles, LA · ~48 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CenterPoint Energy - Lake Charles runs at 108% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Natural Gas Distribution workplace, earning a grade C.

CenterPoint Energy - Lake Charles: 1.3 TCR = 108% of Natural Gas Distribution BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CenterPoint Energy - Lake Charles safety composite

CenterPoint Energy - Lake Charles scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.9 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

CenterPoint Energy - Lake Charles: 0.0 → 1.9 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 2.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.47× in 2024

CenterPoint Energy - Lake Charles's TCR rose 1.9 from 0.0 in 2022 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Lake Charles, LA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 1.3 · 108% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #4/20
  • PHOTO Jonesboro Warehouse …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jonesboro Warehouse AK8N (0.0 TCR gap)

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CenterPoint Energy - Lake Charles in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CenterPoint Energy - Lake Charles averages 1.3 TCR (108% of the Natural Gas Distribution BLS benchmark).

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

CenterPoint Energy - Lake Charles TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=2 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 1.2

Where CenterPoint Energy - Lake Charles falls in its industry

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 20 Natural Gas Distribution employers in Louisiana.

CenterPoint Energy - Lake Charles (48 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate CenterPoint Energy - Lake Charles
CenterPoint Energy - Lake Charles (48 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

CenterPoint Energy - Lake Charles has fewer employees than the Natural Gas Distribution median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2023 2.0 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · LA · Lake Charles

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution 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 Jonesboro Warehouse AK8N 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR DDS Utilities, LLC 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Middleborough Gas & Electric Department Gas Division 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR AGLC Riverdale LNG 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Martco, L.L.C. (Forestry) 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Entergy Magnolia St. LA 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buquet and Leblanc Inc. 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE EXCEL Contractors @ Dow Chemical Plaquemine 48 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 Cancer Care Center 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR QP Mfg 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 177 - St Joseph 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Bensalem 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sheraton Ontario Vineyard 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Niagara LaSalle Corporation 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE DS Boring, LLC. 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Genesee 48 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.