Crude petroleum refineries · Texas
Valero Refining Company - Texas City
Texas City, TX · ~470 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Valero Refining Company - Texas City runs at 12% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Crude petroleum refineries workplace, earning a grade A.
Valero Refining Company - Texas City: 0.4 TCR = 12% of Crude petroleum refineries BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Valero Refining Company - Texas City safety composite
Valero Refining Company - Texas City scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).
47/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 0.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 61% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 0.54 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% 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 - Texas City held a steady TCR band
Valero Refining Company - Texas City's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.7 in 2016 to 0.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=0.7 · 2019=0.3 · 2020=0.4 · 2021=0.2 · 2022=0.2 · 2023=0.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 324110 · Texas City, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 12% of ind
- DART 0.5 DART
- RANK #23/41
- PHOTO Valero Three Rivers …
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~470 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Valero Three Rivers Refinery (0.0 TCR gap)
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Valero Refining Company - Texas City in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Valero Refining Company - Texas City
0.4 TCR
- Valero Three R
Valero Three Rivers Refinery
0.4 TCR
- Shell Chemical
Shell Chemicals Norco
0.4 TCR
- HollyFrontier
HollyFrontier Navajo Refining LLC
0.4 TCR
- Port Arthur Re
Port Arthur Refinery
0.4 TCR
What this shows Valero Refining Company - Texas City averages 0.4 TCR (12% of the Crude petroleum refineries BLS benchmark).
Valero Refining Company - Texas City TCR series: 2016=0.7 · 2019=0.3 · 2020=0.4 · 2021=0.2 · 2022=0.2 · 2023=0.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Valero Refining Company - Texas City falls in its industry
198 Crude petroleum refineries establishmentsSafer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.5.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 41 Crude petroleum refineries employers in Texas.
Valero Refining Company - Texas City 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
324110 · TX · Texas City
198 Crude petroleum refineries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 81 employers in Texas City, TX · 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 | Valero Three Rivers Refinery | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Shell Chemicals Norco | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | HollyFrontier Navajo Refining LLC | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Port Arthur Refinery | 0.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | EER - Production - 01P | 470 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Certarus (USA) Ltd. | 470 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | highway, street and bridge construction | 470 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sabre Tubular and Structures | 470 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Galveston Bay Refinery | 1,677 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Houston Eye Associates (TC) | 616 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HCA HOUSTON HEALTHCARE MAINLAND | 440 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Dow Chemical Company - Texas City, TX | 326 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Yak Mat, LLC | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Health at Home | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Delaware Elevator Inc. | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Schneider Electric - Fairfield | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Tunxis Community College | 470 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CLMAMDHS | 470 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Andrew Electric Company Inc. | 470 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sun Valley Masonry, Inc. | 470 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.