Olefins made from refined petroleum or liquid hydrocarbons · Texas

Equistar Chemicals, LP

Channelview, TX · ~661 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Equistar Chemicals, LP runs at 5% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Olefins made from refined petroleum or liquid hydrocarbons workplace, earning a grade A.

Equistar Chemicals, LP: 0.1 TCR = 5% of Olefins made from refined petroleum or liquid hydrocarbons BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Equistar Chemicals, LP safety composite

Equistar Chemicals, LP scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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)
B 0.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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%).

Equistar Chemicals, LP held a steady TCR band

Equistar Chemicals, LP's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.4 in 2016 to 0.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.4 · 2017=0.1 · 2018=0.1 · 2019=0.2 · 2020=0.1 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325110 · Channelview, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.1 · 5% of ind

  • DART 0.1 DART
  • RANK #6/38
  • PHOTO Dow Texas Operations
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~661 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dow Texas Operations (0.0 TCR gap)

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Equistar Chemicals, LP in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Equistar Chemicals, LP averages 0.1 TCR (5% of the Olefins made from refined petroleum or liquid hydrocarbons BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Equistar Chemicals, LP TCR series: 2016=0.4 · 2017=0.1 · 2018=0.1 · 2019=0.2 · 2020=0.1 · 2021=0 · 2022=0.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=0.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Equistar Chemicals, LP falls in its industry

66 Olefins made from refined petr establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 38 Olefins made from refined petr employers in Texas.

Equistar Chemicals, LP (661 employees, TCR 0.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 213 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 05001,0001,5002,000 00.511.52 Average employees Total Case Rate Equistar Chemicals, LP
Equistar Chemicals, LP (661 employees, TCR 0.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 213 employees and a TCR of 0.5

Equistar Chemicals, LP has more employees than the Olefins made from refined petroleum or l median and a lower 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 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.3 0.0 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
2019 0.2 0.1 2 0 0
2018 0.1 0.0 0 1 0
2017 0.1 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.4 0.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325110 · TX · Channelview

66 Olefins made from refined petroleum or liquid hydrocarbons employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 62 employers in Channelview, TX · 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 Dow Texas Operations 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR ExxonMobil Chemical 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lyondell Chemical Company 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lousiana Integrated Polyethylene JV, LLC 0.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown 661 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harlingen Medical Center 661 FTE
STATE-SIZE Safran 661 FTE
STATE-SIZE FIELD SALES - CENTRAL DIVISION 661 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8921 Lyondell Channelview PG 1,056 FTE
CITY-NEAR NorthStar Energy Services, Inc. 791 FTE
CITY-NEAR Apache - Lyondell Basell CVO 331 FTE
CITY-NEAR SOUTHWEST SHIPYARD CHANNELVIEW 267 FTE
NAT-TCR Central Elementary School 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR MD&A Headquarters & Outage Services Division 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 24x7 (Columbia) 0.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE NOW Foods - Bloomingdale 661 FTE
NAT-SIZE Labette Health 661 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rest Serv Caters 661 FTE
NAT-SIZE MOT 661 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.