Carbon black manufacturing · Texas
Orion Engineered Carbons, LLC Borger Plant
Borger, TX · ~69 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Orion Engineered Carbons, LLC Borger Plant runs at 13% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Carbon black manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Orion Engineered Carbons, LLC Borger Plant: 0.4 TCR = 13% of Carbon black manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Orion Engineered Carbons, LLC Borger Plant safety composite
Orion Engineered Carbons, LLC Borger Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% 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).
76/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.43 per 100 workers
Safer than 92% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 75% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Orion Engineered Carbons, LLC Borger Plant: 0.0 → 1.3 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 1.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2022
Orion Engineered Carbons, LLC Borger Plant's TCR rose 1.3 from 0.0 in 2017 to 1.3 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325180 · Borger, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 13% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #9/47
- PHOTO Olin Corporation - A…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~69 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Olin Corporation - Augusta Plant (0.0 TCR gap)
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Orion Engineered Carbons, LLC Borger Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Orion Engineered Carbons, LLC Borger Plant
0.4 TCR
- Olin Corporati
Olin Corporation - Augusta Plant
0.4 TCR
- Chemtrade Refi
Chemtrade Refinery Solutions LP Toledo Acid
0.4 TCR
- Cabot Pampa Fa
Cabot Pampa Facilities
0.4 TCR
- Eco Services C
Eco Services Corp
0.4 TCR
What this shows Orion Engineered Carbons, LLC Borger Plant averages 0.4 TCR (13% of the Carbon black manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Orion Engineered Carbons, LLC Borger Plant TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2022=1.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Orion Engineered Carbons, LLC Borger Plant falls in its industry
418 Carbon black manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 47 Carbon black manufacturing employers in Texas.
Orion Engineered Carbons, LLC Borger Plant has more employees than the Carbon black manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325180 · TX · Borger
418 Carbon black manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 37 employers in Borger, 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 | Olin Corporation - Augusta Plant | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Chemtrade Refinery Solutions LP Toledo Acid | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cabot Pampa Facilities | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Eco Services Corp | 0.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Ring Energy Office The Woodlands | 69 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Headquarters | 69 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Red Rock Oil Field Services | 69 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NRG Cedar Bayou Generating Station | 69 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Borger Refinery | 698 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Borger Refinery (Phillips 66 Company) | 666 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northwest Insulation Company | 291 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1516 | 282 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Green Bay Corporate | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SH - Patient Financial Services | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Interstate Electronics Corporation | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Columbia Campus School | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Perimeter Security Group LLC | 69 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Burfords Tree LLC - 347 | 69 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | City of Bend - Utilities Dept Boyd Campus | 69 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Clearly Clean Products, LLC. (1) | 69 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.