Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Const · Louisiana

Occidental (OxyChem) Geismar LA

Name: Occidental (OxyChem) Geismar LA Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Geismar, LA · ~303 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.6
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Occidental (OxyChem) Geismar LA runs at 22% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Const workplace, earning a grade A.

Occidental (OxyChem) Geismar LA: 0.6 TCR = 22% of Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Const BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Occidental (OxyChem) Geismar LA safety composite

Occidental (OxyChem) Geismar LA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Occidental (OxyChem) Geismar LA: 0.3 → 0.9 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 0.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.98× in 2023

Occidental (OxyChem) Geismar LA's TCR rose 0.6 from 0.3 in 2021 to 0.9 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237990 · Geismar, LA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 22% of ind

DART 0.6 DART
RANK #67/110
PHOTO Midwest Region
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~303 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Midwest Region (0.0 TCR gap)

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CIANBRO INSTIT

0.6

What this shows Occidental (OxyChem) Geismar LA averages 0.6 TCR (22% of the Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Const BLS benchmark).

Occidental (OxyChem) Geismar LA TCR series: 2021=0.3 · 2023=0.9 · BLS 2.8

Where Occidental (OxyChem) Geismar LA falls in its industry

932 Other Heavy and Civil Engineer establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #67 safest of 110 Other Heavy and Civil Engineer employers in Louisiana.

Occidental (OxyChem) Geismar LA (303 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Occidental (OxyChem) Geismar LA has more employees than the Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Const 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
2023	0.9	0.6	3	0	0
2021	0.3	0.3	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237990 · LA · Geismar

932 Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Const employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 127 employers in Geismar, LA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Midwest Region	STEVENSVILLE, MI	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dow Chemical Company SCO Hahnville LA	HAHNVILLE, LA	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GeoStabilization International, LLC.	WESTMINSTER, CO	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CIANBRO INSTITUTE	PITTSFIELD, ME	0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	ExxonMobil BR Complex Baton Rouge LA	BATON ROUGE	303 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hood Container St Francisville	ST. FRANCISVILLE	303 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 3616	AMITE	303 FTE
STATE-SIZE	4295	ALEXANDRIA	303 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BASF	Geismar	1,212 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BASF - Geismar	Geismar	1,143 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Brock Services Geismar LA	Geismar	936 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Turner at Shell Chemical LP Geismar LA	Geismar	674 FTE
NAT-TCR	Feld Entertainment - Jessup Warehouse	Jessup, MD	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	STLSMORC	St Louis, MO	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	OR - Google Dalles	The Dalles, OR	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	OH - Whirlpool (Lockbourne)	Lockbourne, OH	0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	1002-Ucpmc-Armory B - Tradewinds	Utica, NY	303 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Curtis Lumber Co. Inc. Ballston Spa	Ballston Spa, NY	303 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The City of Lake Forest	Lake Forest, IL	303 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Airport Community Schools	Carleton, MI	303 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: 2023, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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