Crude petroleum refineries · Texas

Sweeny Refinery

Sweeny, TX · ~990 workers · 5 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

Sweeny Refinery runs at 5% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Crude petroleum refineries workplace, earning a grade A.

Sweeny Refinery: 0.1 TCR = 5% of Crude petroleum refineries BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sweeny Refinery safety composite

Sweeny Refinery scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

B

75/100

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
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

Sweeny Refinery held a steady TCR band

Sweeny Refinery's TCR held near 0.2 from 0.2 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 0.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.2 · 2019=0.3 · 2020=0.2 · 2021=0.1 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 324110 · Sweeny, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.1 · 5% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/41
  • PHOTO Valero Bill Greehey …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~990 FTE

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

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Sweeny Refinery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sweeny Refinery averages 0.1 TCR (5% of the Crude petroleum refineries BLS benchmark).

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

Sweeny Refinery TCR series: 2018=0.2 · 2019=0.3 · 2020=0.2 · 2021=0.1 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Sweeny Refinery falls in its industry

198 Crude petroleum refineries establishments

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

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 41 Crude petroleum refineries employers in Texas.

Sweeny Refinery (990 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 Sweeny Refinery
Sweeny Refinery (990 employees, TCR 0.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 376 employees and a TCR of 0.5

Sweeny Refinery has more employees than the Crude 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.1 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.2 0.2 2 0 0
2019 0.3 0.1 3 0 0
2018 0.2 0.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

324110 · TX · Sweeny

198 Crude petroleum refineries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 20 employers in Sweeny, TX · 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 St. Charles Refinery, Valero Refining - New Orleans, LLC 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc., Port Arthur Refinery 0.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE 483221-FT WORTH TX P&DC 990 FTE
STATE-SIZE Carrie Office 991 FTE
STATE-SIZE College Station Office 991 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dallas Office 991 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4619-CPChem Poly 1,958 FTE
CITY-NEAR Phillips 66 Sweeny Refinery 963 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. - Sweeny/Old Ocean 677 FTE
CITY-NEAR E1696 - P66 - Sweeny Hub Phase 2 647 FTE
NAT-TCR Spokeo Inc. 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR UCC Institute Facility 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Gas Co Tower - Bld: 0898 - 15 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR R.O.W.C., L.L.C. 0.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE East Seneca 990 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dryden 990 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gaskill 990 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tst Boces 990 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.