Aluminum compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing · Texas
Gulbrandsen Technologies - LaPorte Facility
Laporte, TX · ~27 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Gulbrandsen Technologies - LaPorte Facility runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Aluminum compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Gulbrandsen Technologies - LaPorte Facility: 2.8 TCR = 84% of Aluminum compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Gulbrandsen Technologies - LaPorte Facility safety composite
Gulbrandsen Technologies - LaPorte Facility scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 8%), 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).
29/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 2.78 per 100 workers
Safer than 34% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.72 per 100 workers
Safer than 8% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
Gulbrandsen Technologies - LaPorte Facility: 0.0 → 5.7 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 5.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2.06× in 2019
Gulbrandsen Technologies - LaPorte Facility's TCR rose 5.7 from 0.0 in 2016 to 5.7 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 2.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325180 · Laporte, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 84% of ind
- DART 5.7 DART
- RANK #40/47
- PHOTO YS, Inc. Fort Payne …
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~27 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: YS, Inc. Fort Payne Facility (0.0 TCR gap)
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Gulbrandsen Technologies - LaPorte Facility in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Gulbrandsen Technologies - LaPorte Facility
2.8 TCR
- YS, Inc. Fort
YS, Inc. Fort Payne Facility
2.8 TCR
- Galata Chemica
Galata Chemicals, LLC
2.8 TCR
- Seaboard Energ
Seaboard Energy of Oklahoma, LLC
2.8 TCR
- Prayon Augusta
Prayon Augusta
2.8 TCR
What this shows Gulbrandsen Technologies - LaPorte Facility averages 2.8 TCR (84% of the Aluminum compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Gulbrandsen Technologies - LaPorte Facility TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=2.6 · 2019=5.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Gulbrandsen Technologies - LaPorte Facility falls in its industry
418 Aluminum compounds, not specif establishmentsSafer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 47 Aluminum compounds, not specif employers in Texas.
Gulbrandsen Technologies - LaPorte Facility has fewer employees than the Aluminum compounds, not specified elsewh median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325180 · TX · Laporte
418 Aluminum compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 62 employers in Laporte, 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 | YS, Inc. Fort Payne Facility | 2.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Galata Chemicals, LLC | 2.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Seaboard Energy of Oklahoma, LLC | 2.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Prayon Augusta | 2.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | TLM - Tree Farm | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Heifer Ranch @ Arroyo Seco | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Dean Cluck Feedyard, Inc. | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CanTex Feeders LP | 27 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Contech Control Services, Inc. | 964 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Home Office | 507 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BrandSafway, LLC - Houston - Laporte Branch | 337 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Dragon Products LaPorte | 210 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Niles Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | 2.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tracy Auto Lp | 2.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Avon Heights Mushrooms, Inc. | 2.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Horizon Ethanol dba Poet Biorefinery | 2.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Winrock Motors Inc DBA Acura of Little Rock | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hallenbeck Group | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | RCX Colorado | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Meadow Gold Hawaii - Kahului | 27 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.