Oil and gas field exploration for own account · Louisiana

Shell Gulf of Mexico

New Orleans, LA · ~480 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
1.9
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Shell Gulf of Mexico runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Oil and gas field exploration for own account workplace, earning a grade D.

Shell Gulf of Mexico: 2.4 TCR = 128% of Oil and gas field exploration for own account BLS 1.9 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shell Gulf of Mexico safety composite

Shell Gulf of Mexico scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 43% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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).

F

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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→2024

Shell Gulf of Mexico injury rate improved

Shell Gulf of Mexico's TCR fell 0.4 from 2.0 in 2018 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.0 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=0.5 · 2021=7.4 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=2.0 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 211111 · New Orleans, LA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 2.4 · 128% of ind

  • DART 0.1 DART
  • RANK P18
  • PHOTO Dry Trail Plant
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~480 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dry Trail Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Shell Gulf of Mexico in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Shell Gulf of Mexico averages 2.4 TCR (128% of the Oil and gas field exploration for own account BLS benchmark).

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

Shell Gulf of Mexico TCR series: 2018=2 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=0.5 · 2021=7.4 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=2 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 1.9

Where Shell Gulf of Mexico falls in its industry

225 Oil and gas field exploration establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Shell Gulf of Mexico (480 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 150 employees and a TCR of 0.9 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 01234 Average employees Total Case Rate Shell Gulf of Mexico
Shell Gulf of Mexico (480 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 150 employees and a TCR of 0.9

Shell Gulf of Mexico has more employees than the Oil and gas field exploration for own ac median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.9. 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 1.6 0.1 3 8 0
2023 2.0 0.9 9 4 0
2022 1.9 0.7 2 9 0
2021 7.4 2.6 8 23 0
2020 0.5 0.3 1 1 0
2019 1.6 1.0 6 0 1
2018 2.0 1.6 7 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

211111 · LA · New Orleans

225 Oil and gas field exploration for own account employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 450 employers in New Orleans, 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 Dry Trail Plant 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Baker Field Office 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR DCOR LLC 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Timber Creek Energy 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE NEW ORLEANS_1441382 480 FTE
STATE-SIZE 9215-MSY 479 FTE
STATE-SIZE Red River Mill 483 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ford Bacon & Davis 483 FTE
CITY-NEAR HARAHAN COKE 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR HARAHAN PACKERS 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR LCMC Health 8,061 FTE
CITY-NEAR HARAHAN 4,395 FTE
NAT-TCR Hickory Construction Company 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Lahey Lynnfield 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Chapman Partnership Homestead 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Durant Public Schools 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tuff Torq Corporation 480 FTE
NAT-SIZE Recreation Services 480 FTE
NAT-SIZE B&E Resources 480 FTE
NAT-SIZE Decatur 01 Chem 480 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, 2018. 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.