Crude oil pipeline transportation · Texas

Plains Pipeline, L.P.

Houston, TX · ~1,300 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Plains Pipeline, L.P. runs at 19% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Crude oil pipeline transportation workplace, earning a grade A.

Plains Pipeline, L.P.: 0.8 TCR = 19% of Crude oil pipeline transportation BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Plains Pipeline, L.P. safety composite

Plains Pipeline, L.P. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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).

D

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
F 0.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.4

2016→2018

Plains Pipeline, L.P. injury rate improved

Plains Pipeline, L.P.'s TCR fell 0.4 from 1.0 in 2016 to 0.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.0 · 2017=0.9 · 2018=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 486110 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 19% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #5/9
  • PHOTO Central Texas
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~1,300 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Central Texas (0.1 TCR gap)

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Plains Pipeline, L.P. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Plains Pipeline, L.P. averages 0.8 TCR (19% of the Crude oil pipeline transportation BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Plains Pipeline, L.P. TCR series: 2016=1 · 2017=0.9 · 2018=0.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Plains Pipeline, L.P. falls in its industry

18 Crude oil pipeline transportat establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 9 Crude oil pipeline transportat employers in Texas.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2018 0.6 0.3 9 0 0
2017 0.9 0.5 13 0 0
2016 1.0 0.7 15 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

486110 · TX · Houston

18 Crude oil pipeline transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, 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 Central Texas 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Energy Transportation, LLC 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cushing/Red River 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Noble Midstream Partners 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mondelez Global Mountain South - Sales 1,300 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMZL : DDA1 1,302 FTE
STATE-SIZE HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress 1,297 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center 1,304 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH IAH 11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-IAH 9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center 8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR Federal-Mogul Motorparts 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Shopko Store #129 (Spokane, WA (South)) 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Armstrong West Plains Facility 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR River Valley Motors Inc DBA Honda World 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Benton County 1,300 FTE
NAT-SIZE JROC 1,300 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clayco Inc 1,300 FTE
NAT-SIZE Knighted Ventures, LLC 1,300 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.