Cane sugar manufacturing · Louisiana

Westfield Sugar Factory

Belle Rose, LA · ~106 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
4.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Westfield Sugar Factory runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Cane sugar manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Westfield Sugar Factory: 1.1 TCR = 26% of Cane sugar manufacturing BLS 4.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Westfield Sugar Factory safety composite

Westfield Sugar Factory scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 56%), 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).

B

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

Fatalities
C 0

Safer than 56% 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

2023→2024

Westfield Sugar Factory injury rate improved

Westfield Sugar Factory's TCR fell 0.9 from 1.6 in 2023 to 0.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=1.6 · 2024=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311314 · Belle Rose, LA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 26% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/18
  • PHOTO Sugaright
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~106 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sugaright (0.0 TCR gap)

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Westfield Sugar Factory in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Westfield Sugar Factory averages 1.1 TCR (26% of the Cane sugar manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Westfield Sugar Factory TCR series: 2023=1.6 · 2024=0.6 · BLS 4.2

Where Westfield Sugar Factory falls in its industry

57 Cane sugar manufacturing establishments

Safer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 18 Cane sugar manufacturing employers in Louisiana.

Westfield Sugar Factory (106 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 161 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Westfield Sugar Factory
Westfield Sugar Factory (106 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 161 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Westfield Sugar Factory has fewer employees than the Cane sugar manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2023 1.6 0.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311314 · LA · Belle Rose

57 Cane sugar manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 11 employers in Belle Rose, LA · 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 Sugaright 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR ASR Group - Chalmette 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chattanooga Station Sweetener Terminal 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR ASTOR CHOCOLATE CORPORATION 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Preferred Electric Inc 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwest Cooling Tower Services, LLC 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bernhard MCC - Baton Rouge, LA 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE Apache - Valero Norco 106 FTE
CITY-NEAR Action Industries Inc. 174 FTE
CITY-NEAR A La Carte Foods Properties, LLC. 1 111 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lula Sugar Factory 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lula Factory 87 FTE
NAT-TCR Builders Electric Corporation 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR McKeesport 10192 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Absolute Pharmacy, Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR STR0253 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Bluffs Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brandywine Living At Moorestown 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spanish Trail Lumber 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ohman Family Living at Holly 106 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. 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.