Nitric acid manufacturing · Texas

El Dorado Nitrogen L.L.C.

Baytown, TX · ~18 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

El Dorado Nitrogen L.L.C. runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Nitric acid manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

El Dorado Nitrogen L.L.C.: 2.4 TCR = 73% of Nitric acid manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

El Dorado Nitrogen L.L.C. safety composite

El Dorado Nitrogen L.L.C. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−4.8

2016→2017

El Dorado Nitrogen L.L.C. injury rate improved

El Dorado Nitrogen L.L.C.'s TCR fell 4.8 from 4.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.8 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.8 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325311 · Baytown, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 73% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO Cherokee Nitrogen, LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cherokee Nitrogen, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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El Dorado Nitrogen L.L.C. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows El Dorado Nitrogen L.L.C. averages 2.4 TCR (73% of the Nitric acid manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

El Dorado Nitrogen L.L.C. TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2017=0 · BLS 3.3

Where El Dorado Nitrogen L.L.C. falls in its industry

85 Nitric acid manufacturing establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Nitric acid manufacturing employers in Texas.

El Dorado Nitrogen L.L.C. (18 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate El Dorado Nitrogen L.L.C.
El Dorado Nitrogen L.L.C. (18 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.4

El Dorado Nitrogen L.L.C. has fewer employees than the Nitric acid manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.8 4.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325311 · TX · Baytown

85 Nitric acid manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 247 employers in Baytown, TX · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Cherokee Nitrogen, LLC 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sioux City, IA- Floyd Blvd PN 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chilton Agronomy and Grain 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Iowa Fertilizer Company 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE San Jose Cattle Co 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Petersburg Cooperative Gin 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Top Of Texas Gin 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Caprock Gin Inc 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR North American Growth Olefins Recovery Project 2,988 FTE
CITY-NEAR Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital 1,920 FTE
CITY-NEAR ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery 1,328 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 7042 1,288 FTE
NAT-TCR Kautaq Construction Services, LLC 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Cleveland OH HCS at Home 90-43-63-12 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Aed Duluth 1552 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Crown Packaging Corporation - Loudon TN 2.4 TCR

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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.