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

Methanex USA, LLC

Geimar, LA · ~173 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Methanex USA, LLC runs at 15% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Methyl alcohol (i.e., methanol), synthetic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Methanex USA, LLC: 0.5 TCR = 15% of Methyl alcohol (i.e., methanol), synthetic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Methanex USA, LLC safety composite

Methanex USA, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Methanex USA, LLC: 0.6 → 0.9 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 0.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.9× in 2020

Methanex USA, LLC's TCR rose 0.4 from 0.6 in 2016 to 0.9 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325199 · Geimar, LA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 15% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #15/28
  • PHOTO Milliken and Company…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~173 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Milliken and Company - Allen Chemical Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Methanex USA, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Methanex USA, LLC averages 0.5 TCR (15% 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

Methanex USA, LLC TCR series: 2016=0.6 · 2017=0 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=0.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Methanex USA, LLC falls in its industry

552 Methyl alcohol (i.e., methanol establishments

Safer than 83% 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 #15 safest of 28 Methyl alcohol (i.e., methanol employers in Louisiana.

Methanex USA, LLC (173 employees, TCR 0.5) 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 Methanex USA, LLC
Methanex USA, LLC (173 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Methanex USA, LLC 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
2020 0.9 0.9 2 0 0
2019 0.5 0.5 1 0 0
2018 0.5 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.6 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325199 · LA · Geimar

552 Methyl alcohol (i.e., methanol), synthetic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 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 Milliken and Company - Allen Chemical Plant 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ChampionX 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Indorama Ventures - Dayton 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pasadena Site 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ingevity - DeRidder 173 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nutrien 173 FTE
STATE-SIZE Louisiana Sales & DSD Facility 173 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0589 LOWE S OF LAKE CHARLES LA. 173 FTE
NAT-TCR Constant Aviation- IWA 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Nestle Waters North America - Ozarka 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Fiat Chrysler Automobiles- Indiana Transmission Plant 1 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Knoxville - VSHP 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Goodwill of the Heartland - CRC 173 FTE
NAT-SIZE Blythe Construction/Zachary Contruction Joint Venture 173 FTE
NAT-SIZE Special Products & Manufacturing 173 FTE
NAT-SIZE MRC McKercher 173 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.