Employer · Louisiana
Dow Chemical Company Plaquemine LA
Plaquemine, LA · ~344 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Dow Chemical Company Plaquemine LA runs at 21% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade A.
Dow Chemical Company Plaquemine LA: 0.6 TCR = 21% of industry BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Dow Chemical Company Plaquemine LA safety composite
Dow Chemical Company Plaquemine LA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 77% 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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 0.6 per 100 workers
Safer than 77% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.41 per 100 workers
Safer than 40% 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
−0.6
2017→2024
Dow Chemical Company Plaquemine LA injury rate improved
Dow Chemical Company Plaquemine LA's TCR fell 0.6 from 1.2 in 2017 to 0.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=1.2 · 2021=0.3 · 2022=0.3 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=0.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237990 · Plaquemine, LA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 21% of ind
- DART 0.4 DART
- RANK #65/110
- PHOTO Richard Goettle Inc.
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~344 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Richard Goettle Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Dow Chemical Company Plaquemine LA in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Dow Chemical Company Plaquemine LA
0.6 TCR
- Richard Goettl
Richard Goettle Inc.
0.6 TCR
- Herzog Contrac
Herzog Contracting Corp - HSR Constructors
0.6 TCR
- ESI CONTRACTIN
ESI CONTRACTING CORP.
0.6 TCR
- Heeter Geo-tec
Heeter Geo-technical Construction, LLC
0.6 TCR
What this shows Dow Chemical Company Plaquemine LA averages 0.6 TCR (21% of the industry BLS benchmark).
Dow Chemical Company Plaquemine LA TCR series: 2017=1.2 · 2021=0.3 · 2022=0.3 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=0.6 · BLS 2.8
Where Dow Chemical Company Plaquemine LA falls in its industry
932 industry establishmentsSafer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.
Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #65 safest of 110 industry employers in Louisiana.
Dow Chemical Company Plaquemine LA has more employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237990 · LA · Plaquemine
932 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 80 employers in Plaquemine, 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 | Richard Goettle Inc. | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Herzog Contracting Corp - HSR Constructors | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ESI CONTRACTING CORP. | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Heeter Geo-technical Construction, LLC | 0.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | WR Grace & Co. Inc | 344 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 961 | 344 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 75 | 344 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Supreme Services & Specialty Company Inc. | 343 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Dow Chemical Company Louisiana Operations | 1,559 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Dow Chemical Company - Louisiana Operations | 1,514 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Dow, Inc. Plaquemine Operations | 1,378 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Performance Contractors, Inc. - Dow Plaq - Poly D | 687 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Contra Costa Electric, Inc. | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stearns | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | City of Albany City Hall | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Niagara Bottling, LLC - Oklahoma City | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Gunlocke | 344 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | STAAR Surgical Monrovia | 344 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | UMQuetzal961 | 344 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sodexo at University of Texas Med Branch | 344 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.