Light rail system construction · Louisiana

Pointer Smith Contracting Corporation

Name: Pointer Smith Contracting Corporation Workplace Safety Data
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Geismar, LA · ~74 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.7
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Pointer Smith Contracting Corporation runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Light rail system construction workplace, earning a grade A.

Pointer Smith Contracting Corporation: 0.7 TCR = 26% of Light rail system construction BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pointer Smith Contracting Corporation safety composite

Pointer Smith Contracting Corporation scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 0.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.2

2016→2020

Pointer Smith Contracting Corporation injury rate improved

Pointer Smith Contracting Corporation's TCR fell 1.2 from 1.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.2 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 26% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #76/110
PHOTO Spartan Directional,…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Spartan Directional, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Pointer Smith Contracting Corporation averages 0.7 TCR (26% of the Light rail system construction BLS benchmark).

Pointer Smith Contracting Corporation TCR series: 2016=1.2 · 2017=0 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Pointer Smith Contracting Corporation falls in its industry

932 Light rail system construction establishments

Safer than 72% 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 #76 safest of 110 Light rail system construction employers in Louisiana.

Pointer Smith Contracting Corporation (74 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Pointer Smith Contracting Corporation has more employees than the Light rail system construction 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
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	2.4	2.4	2
2017	0.0	0.0	0
2016	1.2	1.2	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237990 · LA · Geismar

932 Light rail system construction 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	Spartan Directional, LLC	LAFAYETTE, LA	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. - POH Berth 8	FREEPORT, TX	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Natt McDougall Company	TUALATIN, OR	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Capital Railroad Contracting, Inc.	COLUMBIA, MO	0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Landis Construction Company, LLC	NEW ORLEANS	74 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Performance Contractors, Inc. - Indorama Westlake	WESTLAKE	74 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Occidental (OxyChem) Convent LA	CONVENT	74 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Turner at Olin Chlor Alkali Products St. Gabriel LA	ST GABRIEL	74 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	PA - Zara	Easton, PA	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Philips 312 New Kensington	New Kensington, PA	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	K94 AER - Bellville	Bellville, TX	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	CertainTeed RPG Little Rock	Little Rock, AR	0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Meridian Rehabilitation & Health Care Center	Wichita, KS	74 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Central C100	Columbus, OH	74 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hamilton Heights	West Hardford, CT	74 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ross store 324	Cutler Bay, FL	74 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.