Blood banks · Louisiana

The Blood Center - Canal Street

New Orleans, LA · ~235 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Blood Center - Canal Street runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Blood banks workplace, earning a grade D.

The Blood Center - Canal Street: 6.0 TCR = 158% of Blood banks BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Blood Center - Canal Street safety composite

The Blood Center - Canal Street scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

The Blood Center - Canal Street held a steady TCR band

The Blood Center - Canal Street's TCR held near 0.0 from 6.6 in 2018 to 6.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.6 · 2021=4.8 · 2023=6.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621991 · New Orleans, LA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 158% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #30/39
  • PHOTO Hernando Region
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~235 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hernando Region (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Blood Center - Canal Street in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Blood Center - Canal Street averages 6.0 TCR (158% of the Blood banks BLS benchmark).

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

The Blood Center - Canal Street TCR series: 2018=6.6 · 2021=4.8 · 2023=6.6 · BLS 3.8

Where The Blood Center - Canal Street falls in its industry

1,713 Blood banks establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 39 Blood banks employers in Louisiana.

The Blood Center - Canal Street (235 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate The Blood Center - Canal Street
The Blood Center - Canal Street (235 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3

The Blood Center - Canal Street has more employees than the Blood banks median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 6.6 0.9 7 0 0
2021 4.8 2.4 8 0 0
2018 6.6 0.0 7 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621991 · LA · New Orleans

1,713 Blood banks employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 450 employers in New Orleans, LA · 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 Hernando Region 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Blood Services-McAllen 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orlando Biotest Plasma Center 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR AMERICAN RED CROSS - 1800 E GRAND RIVER AVE 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Associated Marine Equipment, LLC 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE Acadian - North LA District 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE OLG Lafayette General Orthopedic Hospital 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE Longleaf Behavioral Health 235 FTE
CITY-NEAR HARAHAN COKE 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR HARAHAN PACKERS 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR LCMC Health 8,061 FTE
CITY-NEAR HARAHAN 4,395 FTE
NAT-TCR Martinsburg CCA 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hillandale Farms Ohio LLC 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Alum Line Inc 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 4020 - Fletc 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Enterprise Products Mont Belvieu TX 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE Renzi Foodservice 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mayo Clinic Health System-Onalaska 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greenwood Emerald Rd Prd Sc 235 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, 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.