Crude oil refining · Colorado
Suncor Energy - Commerce City Refinery
Commerce City, CO · ~417 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Suncor Energy - Commerce City Refinery runs at 22% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Crude oil refining workplace, earning a grade A.
Suncor Energy - Commerce City Refinery: 0.7 TCR = 22% of Crude oil refining BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Suncor Energy - Commerce City Refinery safety composite
Suncor Energy - Commerce City Refinery scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).
37/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 0.72 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 0.47 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% 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%).
Suncor Energy - Commerce City Refinery held a steady TCR band
Suncor Energy - Commerce City Refinery's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.8 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=0.8 · 2017=0.7 · 2018=0.7 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=0.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 324110 · Commerce City, CO AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 22% of ind
- DART 0.5 DART
- RANK #2/6
- PHOTO Torrance Refinery
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~417 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Torrance Refinery (0.0 TCR gap)
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Suncor Energy - Commerce City Refinery in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Suncor Energy - Commerce City Refinery
0.7 TCR
- Torrance Refin
Torrance Refinery
0.7 TCR
- Big West Oil R
Big West Oil Refinery
0.7 TCR
- Shelly Materia
Shelly Materials, Inc. - Liquid Division
0.7 TCR
- Calumet Cotton
Calumet Cotton Valley Refining, LLC
0.7 TCR
What this shows Suncor Energy - Commerce City Refinery averages 0.7 TCR (22% of the Crude oil refining BLS benchmark).
Suncor Energy - Commerce City Refinery TCR series: 2016=0.8 · 2017=0.7 · 2018=0.7 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=0.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Suncor Energy - Commerce City Refinery falls in its industry
198 Crude oil refining establishmentsSafer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.5.
Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 6 Crude oil refining employers in Colorado.
Suncor Energy - Commerce City Refinery has more employees than the Crude oil refining median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
324110 · CO · Commerce City
198 Crude oil refining employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 175 employers in Commerce City, CO · 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 | Torrance Refinery | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Big West Oil Refinery | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Shelly Materials, Inc. - Liquid Division | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Calumet Cotton Valley Refining, LLC | 0.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Corporate Office (Grand Junction, CO) | 417 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Startek - At Home 1 | 416 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Southwest Health System, Inc. | 416 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Isle & Lady Luck Casino Hotel Black Hawk | 415 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CODEN - COMMERCE CITY | 3,388 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | COMMERCE CITY (CODEN) | 3,174 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Q3 Contracting Inc | 593 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - BDU5 | 581 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | OmniSource LLC - Winston-Salem | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Centennial Elementary School | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mansfield Industrial Inc. | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Muscatine (BAMG) | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 4813-48130009-Freeman Expo Boston | 417 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pride Mobility Duryea | 417 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sistersville, West Virginia | 417 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 6458-ZNML | 417 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.