Acyclic hydrocarbons (e.g., butene, ethylene, propene) (except acetylene) made from refined petroleum or liquid hydrocarbons · Louisiana
Shell Chemical Norco
Norco, LA · ~250 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Shell Chemical Norco runs at 17% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Acyclic hydrocarbons (e.g., butene, ethylene, propene) (except acetylene) made from refined petroleum or liquid hydrocarbons workplace, earning a grade A.
Shell Chemical Norco: 0.6 TCR = 17% of Acyclic hydrocarbons (e.g., butene, ethylene, propene) (except acetylene) 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 fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 0.56 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 0.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 22% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Shell Chemical Norco: 0.4 → 0.8 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 0.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.68× in 2017
Shell Chemical Norco's TCR rose 0.4 from 0.4 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325110 · Norco, LA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 17% of ind
- DART 0.4 DART
- RANK #11/17
- PHOTO NuCera Solutions LLC
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~250 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: NuCera Solutions LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Shell Chemical Norco in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Shell Chemical Norco
0.6 TCR
- NuCera Solutio
NuCera Solutions LLC
0.6 TCR
- Texas Operatio
Texas Operations
0.6 TCR
- JX NIPPON Chem
JX NIPPON Chemical Texas Inc.
0.6 TCR
- Calumet Karns
Calumet Karns City Refining
0.6 TCR
What this shows Shell Chemical Norco averages 0.6 TCR (17% of the Acyclic hydrocarbons (e.g., butene, ethylene, propene) (except acetylene) made from refined petroleum or liquid hydrocarbons BLS benchmark).
Shell Chemical Norco TCR series: 2016=0.4 · 2017=0.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Shell Chemical Norco falls in its industry
66 Acyclic hydrocarbons (e.g., bu establishmentsSafer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.5.
Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 17 Acyclic hydrocarbons (e.g., bu employers in Louisiana.
Shell Chemical Norco has more employees than the Acyclic hydrocarbons (e.g., butene, ethy median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325110 · LA · Norco
66 Acyclic hydrocarbons (e.g., butene, ethylene, propene) (except acetylene) 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 | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | NuCera Solutions LLC | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Texas Operations | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | JX NIPPON Chemical Texas Inc. | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Calumet Karns City Refining | 0.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | BATON ROUGE CENTER (LABTG) | 250 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 98 | 250 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | HEART HOSPITAL OF LAFAYETTE | 251 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - DLB2 | 251 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Equilon Enterprises LLC dba Shell Oil Products US - Norco Refinery | 1,041 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Motiva Norco Refinery | 864 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Equilon Enterprises LLC dba Shell Oil Product US - Norco Refinery | 851 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Charles Refinery, Valero Refining - New Orleans, LLC | 550 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Spectranetics | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | HBSHSEIL16 | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | General Office | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Industrial Solutions : IS - MFG US - Vega Alta Controls, PR | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Waldorf (Mdwal) | 250 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Alliance Residential, LLC/Corporate Headquarters | 250 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Prospect TPA | 250 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Global Container Terminal New York | 250 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.