Olefins made from refined petroleum or liquid hydrocarbons · Louisiana

Shell Chemical - Norco

Name: Shell Chemical - Norco Workplace Safety Data
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Norco, LA · ~219 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · September 26, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Shell Chemical - Norco runs at 6% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Olefins made from refined petroleum or liquid hydrocarbons workplace, earning a grade A.

Shell Chemical - Norco: 0.2 TCR = 6% of Olefins made from refined petroleum or liquid hydrocarbons BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shell Chemical - Norco safety composite

Shell Chemical - Norco scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% 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).

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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

−0.4

2018→2019

Shell Chemical - Norco injury rate improved

Shell Chemical - Norco's TCR fell 0.4 from 0.4 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 0.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.4 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325110 · Norco, LA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.2 · 6% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #5/17
PHOTO LyondellBasell La Po…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 0 inj
SIZE ~219 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LyondellBasell La Porte Complex (0.0 TCR gap)

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0.2
LyondellBasell

0.2
The Dow Chemic

0.2
BASF-Total Pet

0.2
Chevron Philli

0.2

What this shows Shell Chemical - Norco averages 0.2 TCR (6% of the Olefins made from refined petroleum or liquid hydrocarbons BLS benchmark).

Shell Chemical - Norco TCR series: 2018=0.4 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Shell Chemical - Norco falls in its industry

66 Olefins made from refined petr establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 17 Olefins made from refined petr employers in Louisiana.

Shell Chemical - Norco (219 employees, TCR 0.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 213 employees and a TCR of 0.5

Shell Chemical - Norco has more employees than the Olefins made from refined petroleum or l 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
2019	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2018	0.4	0.0	0	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325110 · LA · Norco

66 Olefins made from refined petroleum or liquid hydrocarbons employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 36 employers in Norco, 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	LyondellBasell La Porte Complex	LA PORTE, TX	0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	The Dow Chemical Company - Louisiana Operations	PLAQUEMINE, LA	0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	BASF-Total Petrochemicals	PORT ARTHUR, TX	0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Chevron Phillips Chemical Co - Cedar Bayou Plant	BAYTOWN, TX	0.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	New Orleans Bakery	NEW ORLEANS	219 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mike Hooks LLC	WESTLAKE	219 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Shreveport	SHREVEPORT	219 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Natchitoches EWP	NATCHITOCHES	219 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Equilon Enterprises LLC dba Shell Oil Products US - Norco Refinery	Norco	1,041 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Motiva Norco Refinery	Norco	864 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Equilon Enterprises LLC dba Shell Oil Product US - Norco Refinery	Norco	851 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Charles Refinery, Valero Refining - New Orleans, LLC	Norco	550 FTE
NAT-TCR	HydroChem LLC-EKS	El Dorado, KS	0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	thyssenkrupp Materials NA - Corporate Southfield	Southfield, MI	0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	103041 - Project Neon Design-Build	Las Vegas, NV	0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Inogen, Inc. 2	Richardson, TX	0.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Daifuku America eFA Division	Chandler, AZ	219 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Jostens - Shelbyville	Shelbyville, TN	219 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rock Creek	Whitsett, NC	219 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Meridian Nursing and Rehab - Brick	Brick, NJ	219 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: 2019, 2018. 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.