Blackstrap molasses manufacturing · Louisiana

St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc.

Name: St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Jeanerette, LA · ~161 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 2.0
Avg TCR: 4.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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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.

St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc.: 2.0 TCR = 47% of Blackstrap molasses manufacturing BLS 4.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc. safety composite

St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 56%), 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).

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers
Fatalities: C 0

Safer than 56% 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

St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc.: 0.9 → 1.6 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 3.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.41× in 2023

St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.8 from 0.9 in 2021 to 1.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311314 · Jeanerette, LA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 2.0 · 47% of ind

DART 0.8 DART
RANK #6/18
PHOTO American Sugar Refin…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 16 inj
SIZE ~161 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: American Sugar Refining, INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc. averages 2.0 TCR (47% of the Blackstrap molasses manufacturing BLS benchmark).

St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc. TCR series: 2021=0.9 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=1.6 · BLS 4.2

Where St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc. falls in its industry

57 Blackstrap molasses manufactur establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

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.

St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc. (161 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 161 employees and a TCR of 3.1

St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc. has more employees than the Blackstrap molasses manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2023	1.6	0.8	4
2022	3.4	1.0	10
2021	0.9	0.9	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311314 · LA · Jeanerette

57 Blackstrap molasses manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 16 employers in Jeanerette, LA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	American Sugar Refining, INC.	YONKERS, NY	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	American Sugar Refining, Inc. - Cleveland	CLEVELAND, OH	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sugaright	HARRISONBURG, VA	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cajun Sugar Compant LLC	NEW IBERIA, LA	2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Big Cajun II	NEW ROADS	161 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Brame Energy Center	LENA	161 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Turner at ExxonMobil Polyolefins Baton Rouge LA	BATON ROUGE	161 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dodson Lumber	DODSON	161 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Teche Vermilion Sugar Cane	Jeanerette	470 FTE
CITY-NEAR	M.A. Patout Sugar Mill	Jeanerette	376 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gravois Aluminum Boats, LLC dba Metal Shark Boats	Jeanerette	231 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Raceland Raw Sugar LLC	Jeanerette	176 FTE
NAT-TCR	Alliance Commercial Cleaning, Inc.	Pennsauken, NJ	2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	McCracken County Courthouse	Paducah, KY	2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	DB Schenker Logistics	Edwardsville, IL	2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	AMF Automation Technologies, LLC	Richmond, VA	2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Adient Columbia	Columbia, TN	161 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Equity Transportation	Grand Rapids, MI	161 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lancaster EMS - Willow Valley	Willow Street, PA	161 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Del Monte Foods-Markesan	Markesan, WI	161 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.