Vinyl chloride resins manufacturing · Texas
Shintech - Freeport, inc
Freeport, TX · ~175 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Shintech - Freeport, inc runs at 16% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Vinyl chloride resins manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Shintech - Freeport, inc: 0.5 TCR = 16% of Vinyl chloride resins manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Shintech - Freeport, inc safety composite
Shintech - Freeport, inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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).
63/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 0.54 per 100 workers
Safer than 84% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.5 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
Shintech - Freeport, inc: 0.0 → 0.5 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 1.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.93× in 2023
Shintech - Freeport, inc's TCR rose 0.5 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.93× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325211 · Freeport, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 16% of ind
- DART 0.5 DART
- RANK #34/76
- PHOTO Deer Park PVC/KOH Pl…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~175 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Deer Park PVC/KOH Plant (0.0 TCR gap)
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Shintech - Freeport, inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Shintech - Freeport, inc
0.5 TCR
- Deer Park PVC/
Deer Park PVC/KOH Plant
0.5 TCR
- Hexcel
Hexcel
0.5 TCR
- NatureWorks LL
NatureWorks LLC
0.5 TCR
- Formosa Plasti
Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas
0.5 TCR
What this shows Shintech - Freeport, inc averages 0.5 TCR (16% of the Vinyl chloride resins manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Shintech - Freeport, inc TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0.7 · 2018=0.5 · 2020=0 · 2021=0.5 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=0.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Shintech - Freeport, inc falls in its industry
644 Vinyl chloride resins manufact establishmentsSafer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 76 Vinyl chloride resins manufact employers in Texas.
Shintech - Freeport, inc has more employees than the Vinyl chloride resins manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325211 · TX · Freeport
644 Vinyl chloride resins manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 103 employers in Freeport, 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 | Deer Park PVC/KOH Plant | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hexcel | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NatureWorks LLC | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas | 0.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Gallant Industrial | 175 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CAM Industrial Solutions @ Eastman Chemical Company TXO | 175 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | KenMor : KenMor - Houston | 175 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BT Houston | 175 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Freeport, Texas | 4,279 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Dow Texas Operations | 3,977 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Blue Cube Freeport Operations | 1,226 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Chemical Manufacturing | 933 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | EVVLIN95 | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Adult and Alternative Learning Center | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Importers Service Corp | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Calvey Incorporated | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Igt Solutions | 175 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Children's Hosp Pittsburgh EVS | 175 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Commercial HVAC Americas : SVC-Southeast : SVC-Atlanta GA-USA | 175 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kissimmee Fl (Gatorade) | 175 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.