Crude oil refining · Alabama

Vertex Refining Alabama LLC

Saraland, AL · ~200 workers · 3 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

Vertex Refining Alabama LLC runs at 5% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Crude oil refining workplace, earning a grade A.

Vertex Refining Alabama LLC: 0.2 TCR = 5% of Crude oil refining BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vertex Refining Alabama LLC safety composite

Vertex Refining Alabama LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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%).

Vertex Refining Alabama LLC held a steady TCR band

Vertex Refining Alabama LLC's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 0.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=0.0 · 2023=0.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 324110 · Saraland, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.2 · 5% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/5
  • PHOTO Shell Chemical
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~200 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Shell Chemical (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vertex Refining Alabama LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vertex Refining Alabama LLC averages 0.2 TCR (5% of the Crude oil refining BLS benchmark).

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

Vertex Refining Alabama LLC TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=0.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Vertex Refining Alabama LLC falls in its industry

198 Crude oil refining establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 Crude oil refining employers in Alabama.

Vertex Refining Alabama LLC (200 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 Vertex Refining Alabama LLC
Vertex Refining Alabama LLC (200 employees, TCR 0.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 376 employees and a TCR of 0.5

Vertex Refining Alabama LLC 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.5 0.5 0 1 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

324110 · AL · Saraland

198 Crude oil refining employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 37 employers in Saraland, AL · 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 Shell Chemical 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Corpus Christi Refinery 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery 0.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Thermal Insulation Inc 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marvel City Mini Mill 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE 026-00677 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shaffer Sports & Events 200 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alorica 1,006 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1212 383 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1212 374 FTE
CITY-NEAR DC11 266 FTE
NAT-TCR Red Beacon 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 4875 Belfort Road 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Lilly Concord 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Orlando Hilton 0.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wabash Cadiz 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE RiverWoods Durham 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE Piedmont College 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mentor Ridge 200 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, 2022. 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.