Crude oil refining · Pennsylvania

United Refining Company

Warren, PA · ~692 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

United Refining Company runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Crude oil refining workplace, earning a grade C.

United Refining Company: 3.2 TCR = 96% of Crude oil refining BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

United Refining Company safety composite

United Refining Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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).

F

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.4

2016→2024

United Refining Company injury rate improved

United Refining Company's TCR fell 0.4 from 4.8 in 2016 to 4.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.8 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=0.3 · 2021=3.8 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 324110 · Warren, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 96% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #5/6
  • PHOTO PSI Valdez Refinery
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 162 inj
  • SIZE ~692 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PSI Valdez Refinery (0.1 TCR gap)

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United Refining Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows United Refining Company averages 3.2 TCR (96% of the Crude oil refining BLS benchmark).

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

United Refining Company TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=0.3 · 2021=3.8 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=4.4 · BLS 3.3

Where United Refining Company falls in its industry

198 Crude oil refining establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Crude oil refining employers in Pennsylvania.

United Refining Company (692 employees, TCR 3.2) 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 United Refining Company
United Refining Company (692 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 376 employees and a TCR of 0.5

United Refining Company 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
2024 4.4 1.8 28 4 0
2023 2.3 0.7 15 1 0
2021 3.8 0.9 22 3 0
2020 0.3 0.2 18 0 0
2019 3.3 1.7 18 3 0
2018 3.8 1.6 24 2 0
2017 2.9 0.9 13 6 0
2016 4.8 2.2 24 7 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

324110 · PA · Warren

198 Crude oil refining employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 45 employers in Warren, PA · 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 PSI Valdez Refinery 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Allied AEC 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Axeon Specialty Products - Paulsboro Refinery 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heath Oil 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Reese Plant 692 FTE
STATE-SIZE GAP2 Fulfillment Center 691 FTE
STATE-SIZE LANCASTER (PALAN) 693 FTE
STATE-SIZE Living Branches 693 FTE
CITY-NEAR WARREN GENERAL HOSPITAL 515 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blair LLC - Corporate Office & Warren Service Center 413 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3429 335 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3429 325 FTE
NAT-TCR Dirt Tech Company LLC 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Auburn Constructors, LLC 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Colorado School of Mines 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Crawford Grading & Pipeline, Inc. 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hydro-Gear, Sullivan 692 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City 692 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Fullerton 692 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lccb 1l02 South Brunswick Nj Distribution Ctr 692 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, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.