Petroleum refineries · Louisiana

Valero Meraux Refinery

Chalmette, LA · ~269 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

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

Valero Meraux Refinery: 0.2 TCR = 5% of Petroleum refineries BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valero Meraux Refinery safety composite

Valero Meraux Refinery scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% 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).

C

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

Valero Meraux Refinery held a steady TCR band

Valero Meraux Refinery's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 0.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2021=0.3 · 2023=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 324110 · Chalmette, LA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.2 · 5% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/25
  • PHOTO ExxonMobil Baytown R…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~269 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery (0.0 TCR gap)

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Valero Meraux Refinery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Valero Meraux Refinery averages 0.2 TCR (5% of the Petroleum refineries BLS benchmark).

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

Valero Meraux Refinery TCR series: 2016=0 · 2019=0 · 2021=0.3 · 2023=0.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Valero Meraux Refinery falls in its industry

198 Petroleum refineries establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 25 Petroleum refineries employers in Louisiana.

Valero Meraux Refinery (269 employees, TCR 0.2) 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 Valero Meraux Refinery
Valero Meraux Refinery (269 employees, TCR 0.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 376 employees and a TCR of 0.5

Valero Meraux Refinery has fewer employees than the 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 0.3 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.3 0.3 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

324110 · LA · Chalmette

198 Petroleum refineries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 21 employers in Chalmette, 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 ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Phillips 66 Billings Refinery 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Garyville Refinery 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valero 0.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE 4168-Bayer Luling 269 FTE
STATE-SIZE AKM LLC 269 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dynamic Fabrication Contractors - East Yard 269 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shore Tankering Service 269 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chalmette Refining, L.L.C. 575 FTE
CITY-NEAR 909 421 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 909 404 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Bernard Parish Hospital 324 FTE
NAT-TCR Pond & Company, Inc. 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR System One Corporate Pittsburgh 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Micron Boise Site 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Liva Nova, Inc. 0.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cargill 269 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crestwood Manor Stockton 269 FTE
NAT-SIZE Celularity 269 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harcon, Inc. 269 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, 2019, 2016. 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.