Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing · Louisiana

U S Blades Sub LLC

West Monroe, LA · ~21 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

U S Blades Sub LLC runs at 133% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

U S Blades Sub LLC: 4.4 TCR = 133% of Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

U S Blades Sub LLC safety composite

U S Blades Sub LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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%).

U S Blades Sub LLC held a steady TCR band

U S Blades Sub LLC's TCR held near 0.2 from 4.1 in 2019 to 4.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.1 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332215 · West Monroe, LA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 133% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P60
  • PHOTO Dexter Russell Sturb…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dexter Russell Sturbridge (0.0 TCR gap)

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U S Blades Sub LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows U S Blades Sub LLC averages 4.4 TCR (133% of the Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

U S Blades Sub LLC TCR series: 2019=4.1 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=4.3 · BLS 3.3

Where U S Blades Sub LLC falls in its industry

52 Blades, knife and razor, manuf establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
U S Blades Sub LLC (21 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.4 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate U S Blades Sub LLC
U S Blades Sub LLC (21 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.4

U S Blades Sub LLC has fewer employees than the Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.4. 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 4.3 0.0 1 0 0
2020 4.8 0.0 1 0 0
2019 4.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332215 · LA · West Monroe

52 Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 78 employers in West Monroe, 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 Dexter Russell Sturbridge 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR AccuTEC Blades, Inc. 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spyderco, Inc. 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Edge Tech Inc. 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Magnolia 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE BRYAN FRANCIS ENERGY SERVICES, LLC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE B&J Dock, LLC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE VAM USA Lafayette Field Services 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR West Monroe LA (Mill) 864 FTE
CITY-NEAR West Monroe LA Mill 701 FTE
CITY-NEAR 307 380 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 307 352 FTE
NAT-TCR Dolce Seaview Resort 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR SJSU Union- Steak and Shake 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Shores Resort & Spa 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR BandD Foods 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ann Arbor Towneplace Suites 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goedecke Kansas City 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Community Coffee - Memphis Sales 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Community Coffee - Mobile Sales 21 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.