Plasticizers (i.e., basic synthetic chemicals) manufacturing · Louisiana

Dow, Inc. Plaquemine Operations

Plaquemine, LA · ~1,378 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dow, Inc. Plaquemine Operations runs at 9% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Plasticizers (i.e., basic synthetic chemicals) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Dow, Inc. Plaquemine Operations: 0.3 TCR = 9% of Plasticizers (i.e., basic synthetic chemicals) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dow, Inc. Plaquemine Operations safety composite

Dow, Inc. Plaquemine Operations scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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%).

Dow, Inc. Plaquemine Operations held a steady TCR band

Dow, Inc. Plaquemine Operations's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.3 in 2023 to 0.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=0.3 · 2024=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325199 · Plaquemine, LA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 9% of ind

  • DART 0.1 DART
  • RANK #7/28
  • PHOTO Evonik Corporation
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~1,378 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Evonik Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dow, Inc. Plaquemine Operations in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dow, Inc. Plaquemine Operations averages 0.3 TCR (9% of the Plasticizers (i.e., basic synthetic chemicals) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Dow, Inc. Plaquemine Operations TCR series: 2023=0.3 · 2024=0.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Dow, Inc. Plaquemine Operations falls in its industry

552 Plasticizers (i.e., basic synt establishments

Safer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 28 Plasticizers (i.e., basic synt employers in Louisiana.

Dow, Inc. Plaquemine Operations (1,378 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Dow, Inc. Plaquemine Operations
Dow, Inc. Plaquemine Operations (1,378 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Dow, Inc. Plaquemine Operations has more employees than the Plasticizers (i.e., basic synthetic chem 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 0.3 0.1 2 3 0
2023 0.3 0.2 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325199 · LA · Plaquemine

552 Plasticizers (i.e., basic synthetic chemicals) manufacturing 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 Evonik Corporation 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Celanese LTD, Clear Lake 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR INVISTA Victoria 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR MilliporeSigma - SPRUCE 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Thibodaux Regional Health System 1,377 FTE
STATE-SIZE Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Inc. 1,348 FTE
STATE-SIZE HARRAH'S NEW ORLEANS 1,345 FTE
STATE-SIZE Loyola University New Orleans 1,413 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 Performance Contractors, Inc. - Dow Plaq - Poly D 687 FTE
CITY-NEAR Performance Contractors, Inc. - Dow Plaq - Poly B 683 FTE
NAT-TCR Celanese LTD, Clear Lake 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Cherry Hill Construction, Inc. 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR L3Harris Cincinnati Electronics 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Central Office 0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Children's National Medical Center Maryland 1,378 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plygem Rocky Mount - US Windows 1,378 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lagoon Corporation 1,378 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pilgrims Nacogdoches Complex 1,378 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.