Crude oil refining · Tennessee

Valero Refining Tennessee

Name: Valero Refining Tennessee Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Memphis, TN · ~312 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Valero Refining Tennessee runs at 9% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Crude oil refining workplace, earning a grade A.

Valero Refining Tennessee: 0.3 TCR = 9% of Crude oil refining BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valero Refining Tennessee safety composite

Valero Refining Tennessee 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).

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 0.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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 Tennessee held a steady TCR band

Valero Refining Tennessee's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.3 in 2016 to 0.3 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.3 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.3 · 2017=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 324110 · Memphis, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 9% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK P71
PHOTO Los Angeles Refinery…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~312 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Los Angeles Refinery Carson (0.0 TCR gap)

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Midland Basin

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CITGO Refining

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Chevron Salt L

0.3

What this shows Valero Refining Tennessee averages 0.3 TCR (9% of the Crude oil refining BLS benchmark).

Valero Refining Tennessee TCR series: 2016=0.3 · 2017=0.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Valero Refining Tennessee falls in its industry

198 Crude oil refining establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Valero Refining Tennessee (312 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 376 employees and a TCR of 0.5

Valero Refining Tennessee has fewer employees than the Crude oil refining 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
2017	0.3	0.0	1	0	0
2016	0.3	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

324110 · TN · Memphis

198 Crude oil refining employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 1,330 employers in Memphis, TN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Los Angeles Refinery Carson	CARSON, CA	0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Midland Basin North	MIDLAND, TX	0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CITGO Refining and Chemicals Co. L.P.	CORPUS CHRISTI, TX	0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Chevron Salt Lake Refinery	NORTH SALT LAKE, UT	0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Renfro - Cleveland Plant	CLEVELAND	312 FTE
STATE-SIZE	YAPP USA Automotive Systems Inc.	GALLATIN	312 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2932	KNOXVILLE	312 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Guardian Healthcare Providers, Inc	BRENTWOOD	312 FTE
CITY-NEAR	FedEx 2903 SPRANKLE DR	Memphis	12,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR	381940311	Memphis	9,861 FTE
CITY-NEAR	American Residential Services	Memphis	5,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	Memphis	5,599 FTE
NAT-TCR	Solvay Specialty Polymers, USA, LLC	Borger, TX	0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Air Group Building (Kyarp)	Louisville, KY	0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	ACE-IT	Vicksburg, MS	0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hoffman Estates Commercial and Food Innovation Center	Hoffman Estates, IL	0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Schneider Electric	Leesport, PA	312 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Legends - One World Observatory	New York, NY	312 FTE
NAT-SIZE	North Charleroi Plant	North Charleroi, PA	312 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Milestone AV Techonologies - DaLite Warsaw	Warsaw, IN	312 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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