Ship repair done in a shipyard · Texas

VLS Marine Services, LLC

Name: VLS Marine Services, LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Port Arthur, TX · ~96 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

VLS Marine Services, LLC runs at 14% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Ship repair done in a shipyard workplace, earning a grade A.

VLS Marine Services, LLC: 0.5 TCR = 14% of Ship repair done in a shipyard BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VLS Marine Services, LLC safety composite

VLS Marine Services, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% 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).

82/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.9

2019→2020

VLS Marine Services, LLC injury rate improved

VLS Marine Services, LLC's TCR fell 0.9 from 0.9 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 0.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.9 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336611 · Port Arthur, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 14% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #7/27
PHOTO SOUTHWEST SHIPYARD G…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~96 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SOUTHWEST SHIPYARD GALVESTON (0.0 TCR gap)

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0.5
SOUTHWEST SHIP

0.5
Tchoupitoulas

0.5
BOLLINGER AMEL

0.5
Curtiss-Wright

0.5

What this shows VLS Marine Services, LLC averages 0.5 TCR (14% of the Ship repair done in a shipyard BLS benchmark).

VLS Marine Services, LLC TCR series: 2019=0.9 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where VLS Marine Services, LLC falls in its industry

454 Ship repair done in a shipyard establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 27 Ship repair done in a shipyard employers in Texas.

VLS Marine Services, LLC (96 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 4.2

VLS Marine Services, LLC has fewer employees than the Ship repair done in a shipyard median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2019	0.9	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336611 · TX · Port Arthur

454 Ship repair done in a shipyard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 122 employers in Port Arthur, TX · 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	SOUTHWEST SHIPYARD GALVESTON	GALVESTON, TX	0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tchoupitoulas Street	NEW ORLEANS, LA	0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	BOLLINGER AMELIA REPAIR	AMELIA, LA	0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Curtiss-Wright Fleet Solutions	CHULA VISTA, CA	0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	3110 N I35 ROUND ROCK TX	ROUND ROCK	96 FTE
STATE-SIZE	TECO Central Plant	HOUSTON	96 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Oates Industries, Inc.	LA PORTE	96 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Layne Christensen - 1800 Hughes Landing Blvd	THE WOODLANDS	96 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Motiva Enterprises LLC	Port Arthur	1,494 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Port Arthur Liquefaction Project	Port Arthur	1,428 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Echo Maintenance LLC	Port Arthur	937 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The Premcor Refining Group INC	Port Arthur	773 FTE
NAT-TCR	RGL	Chicago, IL	0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Duncan PESC	Duncan, SC	0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Grandview Center	Cumberland, RI	0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Monticello Training Center	Monticello, MN	0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Wayne J. Griffin Electric Inc. - Duluth	Duluth, GA	96 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Greenwood Center	Warwick, RI	96 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Consulate Health Care of St. Petersburg	Seminole, FL	96 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Main Office	Zeeland, MI	96 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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.