Polyvinyl alcohol resins manufacturing · Texas

LaPorte PVOH

Laporte, TX · ~141 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

LaPorte PVOH runs at 13% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Polyvinyl alcohol resins manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

LaPorte PVOH: 0.4 TCR = 13% of Polyvinyl alcohol resins manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

LaPorte PVOH safety composite

LaPorte PVOH scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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%).

LaPorte PVOH held a steady TCR band

LaPorte PVOH's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 1.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325211 · Laporte, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 13% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #30/76
  • PHOTO Dow Chemical - Michi…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~141 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dow Chemical - Michigan Operations - Auburn Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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LaPorte PVOH in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows LaPorte PVOH averages 0.4 TCR (13% of the Polyvinyl alcohol resins manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

LaPorte PVOH TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where LaPorte PVOH falls in its industry

644 Polyvinyl alcohol resins manuf establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 76 Polyvinyl alcohol resins manuf employers in Texas.

LaPorte PVOH (141 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate LaPorte PVOH
LaPorte PVOH (141 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0

LaPorte PVOH has more employees than the Polyvinyl alcohol resins manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.9 1.9 0 3 0
2019 1.3 0.0 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325211 · TX · Laporte

644 Polyvinyl alcohol resins 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 Dow Chemical - Michigan Operations - Auburn Plant 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Westlake Chemicals & Vinyls LLC 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR OMNOVA Solutions - Chester 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR INEOS Composites US, LLC - Los Angeles 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Welsh Plant 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE KB Home - Houston 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE KB Home - Houston Division Office 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE O'Donnell/Snider Construction, LLC 141 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 Riley Electric Company Inc. 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR ZF-Livonia 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Crowder Construction Company - Corporate & Shop 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Richmond - Trident - E051 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cottondale Wood Products 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE Langboard, Inc. 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE BSW, Inc. 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Fountains at La Cholla 141 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.