Sugar, raw, manufacturing · Louisiana

Sterling Sugars, LLC

Name: Sterling Sugars, LLC Workplace Safety Data
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Franklin, LA · ~139 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.9
Avg TCR: 4.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Sterling Sugars, LLC runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Sugar, raw, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Sterling Sugars, LLC: 3.9 TCR = 94% of Sugar, raw, manufacturing BLS 4.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sterling Sugars, LLC safety composite

Sterling Sugars, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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).

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.1

2016→2024

Sterling Sugars, LLC injury rate improved

Sterling Sugars, LLC's TCR fell 2.1 from 4.7 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.7 · 2017=5.1 · 2018=3.4 · 2024=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 94% of ind

DART 1.1 DART
RANK #13/18
PHOTO American Sugar Refin…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 34 inj
SIZE ~139 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: American Sugar Refining, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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4.1
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3.9
American Sugar

3.8
ASR Group Clev

3.8
Indiana Sugars

3.7

What this shows Sterling Sugars, LLC averages 3.9 TCR (94% of the Sugar, raw, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Sterling Sugars, LLC TCR series: 2016=4.7 · 2017=5.1 · 2018=3.4 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 4.2

Where Sterling Sugars, LLC falls in its industry

57 Sugar, raw, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 18 Sugar, raw, manufacturing employers in Louisiana.

Sterling Sugars, LLC (139 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 161 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Sterling Sugars, LLC has fewer employees than the Sugar, raw, manufacturing median and a higher 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
2024	2.6	1.1	7
2018	3.4	0.0	7
2017	5.1	2.3	11
2016	4.7	0.5	9

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311314 · LA · Franklin

57 Sugar, raw, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 15 employers in Franklin, 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.	BALTIMORE, MD	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ASR Group Cleveland	CLEVLEAND, OH	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Raceland Raw Sugar LLC	JEANERETTE, LA	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Indiana Sugars	GARY, IN	3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	CORTEC FLUID CONTROL	HOUMA	139 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Geismar Facility	GEISMAR	139 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1813 LOWE S OF BOSSIER CITY LA	BOSSIER CITY	139 FTE
STATE-SIZE	0450 LOWE S OF MONROE LA.	MONROE	139 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hospital Service District No 1 of St Mary Parish d/b/a Franklin Foundation Hospital	Franklin	288 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cabot Canal	Franklin	154 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hospital District No. 1 of St. Mary Parish d/b/a Franklin Foundation Hospital	Franklin	144 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cabot Corporation Canal Plant	Franklin	135 FTE
NAT-TCR	Arctic Air Services LLC	Sarasota, FL	3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Portland Harbor Hotel	Portland, ME	3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Chattanooga Tn - 266	Chattanooga, TN	3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	De Jager Dairy North #2	Chowchilla, CA	3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	BrandSafway Industries LLC - Husky Superior Refinery - WI	Superior, WI	139 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Subzero Engineering	Salt Lake City, UT	139 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hansen-Rice, Inc.	Nampa, ID	139 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Store 451	Auburn, GA	139 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.