Crude petroleum refineries · Montana

CHS Laurel Refinery

Laurel, MT · ~376 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CHS Laurel Refinery runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Crude petroleum refineries workplace, earning a grade A.

CHS Laurel Refinery: 1.6 TCR = 50% of Crude petroleum refineries BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CHS Laurel Refinery safety composite

CHS Laurel Refinery scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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).

F

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 1.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 0.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−0.4

2016→2024

CHS Laurel Refinery injury rate improved

CHS Laurel Refinery's TCR fell 0.4 from 2.1 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.1 · 2018=1.8 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 324110 · Laurel, MT AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 50% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO Savage Services - De…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~376 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Savage Services - Delaware City Refinery (0.1 TCR gap)

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CHS Laurel Refinery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CHS Laurel Refinery averages 1.6 TCR (50% of the Crude petroleum refineries BLS benchmark).

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

CHS Laurel Refinery TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2018=1.8 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where CHS Laurel Refinery falls in its industry

198 Crude petroleum refineries establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Montana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Crude petroleum refineries employers in Montana.

CHS Laurel Refinery (376 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 376 employees and a TCR of 0.5 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 05001,0001,500 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate CHS Laurel Refinery
CHS Laurel Refinery (376 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 376 employees and a TCR of 0.5

CHS Laurel Refinery has more employees than the Crude petroleum refineries median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.5. 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
2024 1.8 0.8 7 0 0
2023 0.8 0.0 3 0 0
2018 1.8 1.2 6 0 0
2016 2.1 1.5 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

324110 · MT · Laurel

198 Crude petroleum refineries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,536 rated employers in Montana with headcount on file · 16 employers in Laurel, MT · 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 Savage Services - Delaware City Refinery 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR MD Helicopters LLC 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR BP Cherry Point Refinery 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ergon Refining, Inc. 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1901 376 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1872 377 FTE
STATE-SIZE BILLINGS (MTBIL) 374 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sysco Montana 371 FTE
CITY-NEAR Laurel Refinery 433 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4412 291 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4412 283 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wood's Powr-Grip Co., Inc. 139 FTE
NAT-TCR Russell Plumbing and Heating 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Neuroscience and Spine Associates, PL 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Connections for the Homeless 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Federal Mogul 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE HCA Florida South Shore Hospital 376 FTE
NAT-SIZE Patuxent Institution 376 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carvana Elyria 376 FTE
NAT-SIZE Decatur Corn Plant 376 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, 2018, 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.