Granulated cane sugar manufacturing · Louisiana

Lula Sugar Factory

Belle Rose, LA · ~92 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
4.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lula Sugar Factory runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Granulated cane sugar manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Lula Sugar Factory: 2.4 TCR = 56% of Granulated cane sugar manufacturing BLS 4.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lula Sugar Factory safety composite

Lula Sugar Factory scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

Fatalities
C 0

Safer than 56% 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

Lula Sugar Factory: 0.8 → 3.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.67× in 2024

Lula Sugar Factory's TCR rose 3.1 from 0.8 in 2023 to 3.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311314 · Belle Rose, LA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 56% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #8/18
  • PHOTO Idaho Candy Company
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~92 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Idaho Candy Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lula Sugar Factory in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lula Sugar Factory averages 2.4 TCR (56% of the Granulated cane sugar manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Lula Sugar Factory TCR series: 2023=0.8 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 4.2

Where Lula Sugar Factory falls in its industry

57 Granulated cane sugar manufact establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 18 Granulated cane sugar manufact employers in Louisiana.

Lula Sugar Factory (92 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 161 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 Lula Sugar Factory
Lula Sugar Factory (92 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 161 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Lula Sugar Factory has fewer employees than the Granulated cane sugar manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 3.9 1.6 5 0 0
2023 0.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311314 · LA · Belle Rose

57 Granulated cane sugar manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 11 employers in Belle Rose, 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 Idaho Candy Company 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR M.A. Patout Sugar Mill 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alma Plantation 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aviator 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ocean Harvesters 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Linetec Services LLC - Linetec South 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fisk Electric Company - New Orleans, LA 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE PBF Chalmette Refinery Chalmette LA - BSL 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR Action Industries Inc. 174 FTE
CITY-NEAR A La Carte Foods Properties, LLC. 1 111 FTE
CITY-NEAR Westfield Sugar Factory 106 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lula Factory 87 FTE
NAT-TCR 09 Grand Island 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 269 Godfrey 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Wichita Operations Center 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR R&M Service Solutions LLC 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE PNI 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE 122 Dillon 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE 233 Ferguson 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Widod - Dodgeville 92 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. 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.