Ethyl cellulose (except resins) manufacturing · Louisiana

Plaquemine Methocel

Plaquemine, LA · ~55 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Plaquemine Methocel runs at 8% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Ethyl cellulose (except resins) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Plaquemine Methocel: 0.3 TCR = 8% of Ethyl cellulose (except resins) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Plaquemine Methocel safety composite

Plaquemine Methocel scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.6

2019→2024

Plaquemine Methocel injury rate improved

Plaquemine Methocel's TCR fell 1.6 from 1.6 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325199 · Plaquemine, LA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 8% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/28
  • PHOTO Grace - Baton Rouge
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Grace - Baton Rouge (0.0 TCR gap)

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Plaquemine Methocel in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Plaquemine Methocel averages 0.3 TCR (8% of the Ethyl cellulose (except resins) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Plaquemine Methocel TCR series: 2019=1.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Plaquemine Methocel falls in its industry

552 Ethyl cellulose (except resins establishments

Safer than 93% 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 #5 safest of 28 Ethyl cellulose (except resins employers in Louisiana.

Plaquemine Methocel (55 employees, TCR 0.3) 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 Plaquemine Methocel
Plaquemine Methocel (55 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Plaquemine Methocel has fewer employees than the Ethyl cellulose (except resins) manufact 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.6 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325199 · LA · Plaquemine

552 Ethyl cellulose (except resins) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 80 employers in Plaquemine, LA · 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 Grace - Baton Rouge 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR WR Grace - FCMS Tyrone Site 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR MilliporeSigma - Spruce 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arkema Inc. Houston Plant 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE PetroTech Solutions, LLC 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jacobs Baton Rouge South Wastewater Treatment Plant (Main) & North Wastewater Treatment Plant OMI 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Carencro, LA 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE 105206 - I-10 Capital Corridor 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Dow Chemical Company Louisiana Operations 1,559 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Dow Chemical Company - Louisiana Operations 1,514 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dow, Inc. Plaquemine Operations 1,378 FTE
CITY-NEAR Performance Contractors, Inc. - Dow Plaq - Poly D 687 FTE
NAT-TCR Gulf Coast Pipeline Services 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Metals USA Carbon Flat Rolled Kansas City 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Clearwater Resources LLC 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR RTC Industries 0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Apache Sands Service Center Inc 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Steel City Scaffold, Inc. 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Precision Turbo and Engine 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alliance Door & Hardware Inc 55 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.