Acid oils made in petroleum refineries · Louisiana

St. Charles Refinery, Valero Refining - New Orleans, LLC

Norco, LA · ~550 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

St. Charles Refinery, Valero Refining - New Orleans, LLC runs at 5% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Acid oils made in petroleum refineries workplace, earning a grade A.

St. Charles Refinery, Valero Refining - New Orleans, LLC: 0.1 TCR = 5% of Acid oils made in petroleum refineries BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

St. Charles Refinery, Valero Refining - New Orleans, LLC safety composite

St. Charles Refinery, Valero Refining - New Orleans, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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%).

St. Charles Refinery, Valero Refining - New Orleans, LLC held a steady TCR band

St. Charles Refinery, Valero Refining - New Orleans, LLC's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.1 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 0.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=0.3 · 2020=0.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 324110 · Norco, LA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.1 · 5% of ind

  • DART 0.1 DART
  • RANK #7/25
  • PHOTO Valero Bill Greehey …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~550 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Valero Bill Greehey Refinery West Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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St. Charles Refinery, Valero Refining - New Orleans, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows St. Charles Refinery, Valero Refining - New Orleans, LLC averages 0.1 TCR (5% of the Acid oils made in petroleum refineries BLS benchmark).

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

St. Charles Refinery, Valero Refining - New Orleans, LLC TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0.3 · 2020=0.1 · BLS 3.3

Where St. Charles Refinery, Valero Refining - New Orleans, LLC falls in its industry

198 Acid oils made in petroleum re establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 25 Acid oils made in petroleum re employers in Louisiana.

St. Charles Refinery, Valero Refining - New Orleans, LLC (550 employees, TCR 0.1) 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 St. Charles Refinery, Valero Refining - New Orleans, LLC
St. Charles Refinery, Valero Refining - New Orleans, LLC (550 employees, TCR 0.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 376 employees and a TCR of 0.5

St. Charles Refinery, Valero Refining - New Orleans, LLC has more employees than the Acid oils made in petroleum refineries 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
2020 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
2019 0.3 0.3 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

324110 · LA · Norco

198 Acid oils made in petroleum refineries 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 Valero Bill Greehey Refinery West Plant 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Equilon Enterprises LLC dba Shell Oil Products US - Norco Refinery 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sweeny Refinery 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc., Port Arthur Refinery 0.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Louisiana United Methodist Children and Family Services 550 FTE
STATE-SIZE PALA-Interstate, LLC. 549 FTE
STATE-SIZE Frank's International, LLC - Lafayette 548 FTE
STATE-SIZE DERIDDER, LA 548 FTE
CITY-NEAR Motiva Norco Refinery 864 FTE
CITY-NEAR Equilon Enterprises LLC dba Shell Oil Product US - Norco Refinery 851 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valero St. Charles Refinery 543 FTE
CITY-NEAR Turner at Shell / Motiva Enterprises LLC Norco LA 466 FTE
NAT-TCR Cameron 6500 Brittmoore 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Tenaris McCarty Plant 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR BHGAR - Fayetteville-Millsap (AR006) 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Daimler Trucks North America Corporate Headquarters - Fort Mill, SC 0.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE DC93 550 FTE
NAT-SIZE CAP Colorado Springs, CO 550 FTE
NAT-SIZE The People Concern - Arl Square 550 FTE
NAT-SIZE The People Concern - Wellness 550 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: 2020, 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.