Crude petroleum refineries · California
Valero Refining Company - California
Benicia, CA · ~432 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Valero Refining Company - California runs at 7% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Crude petroleum refineries workplace, earning a grade A.
Valero Refining Company - California: 0.2 TCR = 7% of Crude petroleum refineries BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Valero Refining Company - California safety composite
Valero Refining Company - California scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% 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).
71/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 0.23 per 100 workers
Safer than 77% 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 Refining Company - California held a steady TCR band
Valero Refining Company - California's TCR held near 0.2 from 0.2 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 0.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=0.2 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.4 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=0.4 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.2 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 324110 · Benicia, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.2 · 7% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #6/18
- PHOTO TotalEnergies Petroc…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~432 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc., Port Arthur Refinery (0.0 TCR gap)
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Valero Refining Company - California in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site 0.2
Valero Refining Company - California
0.2 TCR
- TotalEnergies 0.2
TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc., Port Arthur Refinery
0.2 TCR
- Sinclair Caspe 0.2
Sinclair Casper Refining Company
0.2 TCR
- Canton Refiner 0.2
Canton Refinery
0.2 TCR
- Mandan Refiner 0.2
Mandan Refinery
0.2 TCR
What this shows Valero Refining Company - California averages 0.2 TCR (7% of the Crude petroleum refineries BLS benchmark).
Valero Refining Company - California TCR series: 2017=0.2 · 2018=0 · 2019=0.4 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=0.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=0.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3
Where Valero Refining Company - California falls in its industry
198 Crude petroleum refineries establishmentsSafer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.5.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 18 Crude petroleum refineries employers in California.
Valero Refining Company - California 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
324110 · CA · Benicia
198 Crude petroleum refineries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 91 employers in Benicia, CA · 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 | TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc., Port Arthur Refinery | 0.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sinclair Casper Refining Company | 0.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Canton Refinery | 0.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mandan Refinery | 0.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Al Pak Labor, Inc. | 432 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 2001 | 432 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 3464 | 432 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 0048 - VAN NUYS CA WHSE | 432 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 484 | 2,891 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 111 | 2,859 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bio-Rad Laboratories Benicia Campus | 649 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Underground Construction - Main | 625 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | La Macchia Group, LLC | 0.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gulf Interstate Engineering/Gulf Interstate Field Services | 0.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Seasonal Specialties LLC | 0.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Eni US Operating Co. Inc. | 0.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | US07 New Glarus Link Snacks Inc. | 432 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Newtron LLC | 432 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Administrative Center | 432 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | C096 Erlanger | 432 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.