Crude oil refining · Texas

Port Arthur Refinery

Port Arthur, TX · ~578 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Port Arthur Refinery runs at 11% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Crude oil refining workplace, earning a grade A.

Port Arthur Refinery: 0.4 TCR = 11% of Crude oil refining BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Port Arthur Refinery safety composite

Port Arthur Refinery scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

Port Arthur Refinery held a steady TCR band

Port Arthur Refinery's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.5 in 2016 to 0.4 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.5 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.5 · 2017=0.1 · 2018=0.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 324110 · Port Arthur, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 11% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #21/41
  • PHOTO Placid Refining Comp…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~578 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Placid Refining Company LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Port Arthur Refinery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Port Arthur Refinery averages 0.4 TCR (11% of the Crude oil refining BLS benchmark).

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

Port Arthur Refinery TCR series: 2016=0.5 · 2017=0.1 · 2018=0.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Port Arthur Refinery falls in its industry

198 Crude oil refining establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 41 Crude oil refining employers in Texas.

Port Arthur Refinery (578 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 376 employees and a TCR of 0.5 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 05001,0001,500 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Port Arthur Refinery
Port Arthur Refinery (578 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 376 employees and a TCR of 0.5

Port Arthur Refinery has more employees than the Crude oil refining median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.5. 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
2018 0.4 0.0 1 2 0
2017 0.1 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.5 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

324110 · TX · Port Arthur

198 Crude oil refining employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 122 employers in Port Arthur, 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 Placid Refining Company LLC 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ExxonMobil Oil Corp., Joliet Refinery 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Flint Hills Resources - West Plant 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR HF Sinclair 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. - Permian Ops - Hwy 80, Midkiff, Big Lake 577 FTE
STATE-SIZE Headquarters 579 FTE
STATE-SIZE BAE Systems Electronic Systems ATX 579 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4818-TX01 577 FTE
CITY-NEAR Motiva Enterprises LLC 1,494 FTE
CITY-NEAR Port Arthur Liquefaction Project 1,428 FTE
CITY-NEAR Echo Maintenance LLC 937 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Premcor Refining Group INC 773 FTE
NAT-TCR UTC Aerospace Systems Major Business Unit 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Goodrich - Customer Service 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Ncdot It 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR KCP&L - 801 Charlotte 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Inova Continuum of Care 578 FTE
NAT-SIZE Denver Convention Center (HR) 578 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2636-VIRGINIA.HERNDON 578 FTE
NAT-SIZE Custom Window Systems 578 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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