Blackstrap molasses manufacturing · Louisiana
St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc.
Jeanerette, LA · ~161 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 2.0
- Avg TCR
- 4.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc. runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Blackstrap molasses manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 2.0
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 4.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 16
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc.'s OSHA Total Case Rate of 2.0 to the Blackstrap molasses manufacturing BLS benchmark of 4.2 (47% of benchmark) across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc.'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.2 industry benchmark.
Where St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc. falls in its industry
61 Blackstrap molasses manufactur establishmentsSafer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.
Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 18 Blackstrap molasses manufactur employers in Louisiana.
Trend analysis for St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc.
Between 2021 and 2023, St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc.'s Total Case Rate worsened from 0.9 to 1.6 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 91% increase across 2 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2021, at a TCR of 0.9, while 2022 saw the highest rate, at 3.4, a spread of 2.6 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 3 reporting years, St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc. recorded 16 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 3-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 16 injuries shown on this page for St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc. are sourced from its own 3 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 311314 - Blackstrap molasses manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2023)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
2 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 487,336 hours worked = 0.82 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc. (this establishment) | 1.98 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Sugar, confectionery, manufacturing industry avg | 4.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 311314 |
| Louisiana state avg (all industries) | 2.92 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc. to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2023: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 10 reportable incidents · 10 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc.'s reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Blackstrap molasses manufacturing peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 47% of the Blackstrap molasses manufacturing benchmark, St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc. reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Blackstrap molasses manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.