Methyl alcohol (i.e., methanol), synthetic, manufacturing · Louisiana

Koch Methanol St. James

St. James, LA · ~100 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Koch Methanol St. James runs at 24% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Methyl alcohol (i.e., methanol), synthetic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Koch Methanol St. James: 0.8 TCR = 24% of Methyl alcohol (i.e., methanol), synthetic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Koch Methanol St. James safety composite

Koch Methanol St. James scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% 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)
C 0.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

−2.4

2021→2024

Koch Methanol St. James injury rate improved

Koch Methanol St. James's TCR fell 2.4 from 2.4 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=2.4 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325199 · St. James, LA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 24% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/28
  • PHOTO Renmatix Headquarter…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~100 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Renmatix Headquarters and Tech Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Koch Methanol St. James in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Koch Methanol St. James averages 0.8 TCR (24% of the Methyl alcohol (i.e., methanol), synthetic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Koch Methanol St. James TCR series: 2021=2.4 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Koch Methanol St. James falls in its industry

552 Methyl alcohol (i.e., methanol establishments

Safer than 71% 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 #20 safest of 28 Methyl alcohol (i.e., methanol employers in Louisiana.

Koch Methanol St. James (100 employees, TCR 0.8) 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 02004006008001,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Koch Methanol St. James
Koch Methanol St. James (100 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Koch Methanol St. James has more employees than the Methyl alcohol (i.e., methanol), synthet 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.4 1.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325199 · LA · St. James

552 Methyl alcohol (i.e., methanol), synthetic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 5 employers in St. James, 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 Renmatix Headquarters and Tech Center 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Centauri Technologies, LP 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SE Tylose Louisiana, LLC 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Methanol LLC- Liberty One Plant 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE JFSNA at Monsanto Luling 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Siema Construction LLC Lafayette 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE BrandSafway LLC - Shintech Chemical - Plaquemine 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Walle Corporation 100 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. James 125 FTE
CITY-NEAR TNT Crane & Rigging - St. James Branch 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Americas Styrenics St James LA - BSL 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Apache - Koch Methanol / YCI Methanol One LLC 20 FTE
NAT-TCR NASCAR Event Management, LLC 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Brownsville 10113 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ocean State Power 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Yorktown Heights 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Runtal North America 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Young Construction Company, Inc. 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lackland 10706 100 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, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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