Lula Sugar Factory
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BELLE ROSE, LA | Granulated cane sugar manufacturing
~92 avg employees | 2 years of OSHA data
Lula Sugar Factory has an average TCR of 2.4, which is 56% of the industry average (4.2) for Granulated cane sugar manufacturing. This is better than average.
Safety Insights for Lula Sugar Factory
Lula Sugar Factory operates an establishment with approximately 92 full-time equivalent workers in BELLE ROSE, LA, classified under the Granulated cane sugar manufacturing industry (NAICS 311314). Across 2 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 6 recordable injuries, 0 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 2.4 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the B letter grade (Good Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 4.2 for Granulated cane sugar manufacturing, Lula Sugar Factory's workforce experiences 56% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR below the benchmark signals that controls, training, or automation may be outperforming peers.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 2 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Lula Sugar Factory as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Lula Sugar Factory's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 311314 — Granulated cane sugar manufacturing.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
2 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 255,505 hours worked = 1.57 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Lula Sugar Factory (this establishment) | 2.36 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Sugar, confectionery, manufacturing industry avg | 4.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 311314 |
| Louisiana state avg (all industries) | 3.99 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Lula Sugar Factory to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
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 |
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