General warehousing and storage · Texas

Katoen Natie Specialty Chemicals Inc. Dow

Name: Katoen Natie Specialty Chemicals Inc. Dow Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Orange, TX · ~130 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · September 26, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.8
Avg TCR: 5.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Katoen Natie Specialty Chemicals Inc. Dow runs at 14% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General warehousing and storage workplace, earning a grade A.

Katoen Natie Specialty Chemicals Inc. Dow: 0.8 TCR = 14% of General warehousing and storage BLS 5.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Katoen Natie Specialty Chemicals Inc. Dow safety composite

Katoen Natie Specialty Chemicals Inc. Dow scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% 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).

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.6

2019→2020

Katoen Natie Specialty Chemicals Inc. Dow injury rate improved

Katoen Natie Specialty Chemicals Inc. Dow's TCR fell 1.6 from 1.6 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.6 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Orange, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 14% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #73/846
PHOTO Mobile - 1850 Herber…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~130 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mobile - 1850 Herbert Street (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Katoen Natie Specialty Chemicals Inc. Dow averages 0.8 TCR (14% of the General warehousing and storage BLS benchmark).

Katoen Natie Specialty Chemicals Inc. Dow TCR series: 2019=1.6 · 2020=0 · BLS 5.8

Where Katoen Natie Specialty Chemicals Inc. Dow falls in its industry

9,477 General warehousing and storag establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #73 safest of 846 General warehousing and storag employers in Texas.

Katoen Natie Specialty Chemicals Inc. Dow (130 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Katoen Natie Specialty Chemicals Inc. Dow has more employees than the General warehousing and storage median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2019	1.6	0.8	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · TX · Orange

9,477 General warehousing and storage employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 83 employers in Orange, TX · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Mobile - 1850 Herbert Street	MOBILE, AL	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	National Distribution Centers LLC-1820 N MACARTHUR DRIVE	TRACY, CA	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Amazon.com Services LLC - SMF9	VACAVILLE, CA	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bloomington - 305 West Resource Drive	BLOOMINGTON, CA	0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Alamo Parcel Logistics, LLC	SAN ANTONIO	130 FTE
STATE-SIZE	750740000	PLANO	130 FTE
STATE-SIZE	3521	SHERMAN	130 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Austin Habitat for Humanity	AUSTIN	130 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The Dow Chemical Company - Orange, Texas	Orange	859 FTE
CITY-NEAR	International Paper Orange Mill	Orange	484 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Duphil Corporate Office	Orange	357 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Golden Triangle Polymers	Orange	328 FTE
NAT-TCR	Generation Fossil Greene County Steam Plant	Demopolis, AL	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - Bldg 2212	Irvine, CA	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Barlovento, LLC	Dothan, AL	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	HSQ	Hayward, CA	0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	City of Waverly	Waverly, IA	130 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Volunteer Behavioral Health Care Services-Chattanooga/ Johnson	Chattanooga, TN	130 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Stiles Construction	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	130 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mifflin Center	Shillington, PA	130 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: 2020, 2019. 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.