Acrylate rubber manufacturing · Louisiana
Denka Performance Elastomer LLC
Laplace, LA · ~244 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Denka Performance Elastomer LLC runs at 13% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Acrylate rubber manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Denka Performance Elastomer LLC: 0.4 TCR = 13% of Acrylate rubber manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Denka Performance Elastomer LLC safety composite
Denka Performance Elastomer LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).
62/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.42 per 100 workers
Safer than 94% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.42 per 100 workers
Safer than 69% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 1% 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
Denka Performance Elastomer LLC: 0.0 → 0.4 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 0.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2024
Denka Performance Elastomer LLC's TCR rose 0.4 from 0.0 in 2022 to 0.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 0.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325212 · Laplace, LA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 13% of ind
- DART 0.4 DART
- RANK #2/5
- PHOTO Firestone Polymers L…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~244 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Firestone Polymers Lake Charles Plant (0.0 TCR gap)
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Denka Performance Elastomer LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Zeon Chemicals
Zeon Chemicals L.P. Texas Plant
0.6 TCR
- Michigan Opera
Michigan Operations - Hemlock HIMS Plant
0.5 TCR
- This site
Denka Performance Elastomer LLC
0.4 TCR
- Firestone Poly
Firestone Polymers Lake Charles Plant
0.4 TCR
- ARLANXEO, Oran 0.3
ARLANXEO, Orange Site, Texas
0.3 TCR
What this shows Denka Performance Elastomer LLC averages 0.4 TCR (13% of the Acrylate rubber manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Denka Performance Elastomer LLC TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=0.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Denka Performance Elastomer LLC falls in its industry
90 Acrylate rubber manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Acrylate rubber manufacturing employers in Louisiana.
Denka Performance Elastomer LLC has more employees than the Acrylate rubber manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325212 · LA · Laplace
90 Acrylate rubber manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 27 employers in Laplace, 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 | Firestone Polymers Lake Charles Plant | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Michigan Operations - Hemlock HIMS Plant | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ARLANXEO, Orange Site, Texas | 0.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Zeon Chemicals L.P. Texas Plant | 0.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Turner at Shell Refinery Convent LA | 244 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Leading Home Care - Pineville | 244 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sontheimer Offshore Catering Company | 244 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BrandSafway LLC - Dow Chemical - Plaquemine | 243 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Brand Energy Solutions, LLC - Louisiana | 2,845 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Barriere Construction Co., L.L.C. | 394 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pontchartrain Works | 325 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | All Star Electric Inc. | 271 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Creative Liquid Coatings, Inc. Grand Prairie | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | QuantumScape Battery, Inc. SJ4 | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | ROA-ODFL | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Macom Technology Solutions | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ziehl-Abegg | 244 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pekin Community High School District #303 | 244 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - DFL7 | 244 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | W Hollywood | 244 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.