Plastics and synthetic resins regenerating, precipitating, and coagulating · Louisiana

Westlake Chemical North

Name: Westlake Chemical North Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Westlake, LA · ~72 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Westlake Chemical North runs at 19% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Plastics and synthetic resins regenerating, precipitating, and coagulating workplace, earning a grade A.

Westlake Chemical North: 0.6 TCR = 19% of Plastics and synthetic resins regenerating, precipitating, and coagulating BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Westlake Chemical North safety composite

Westlake Chemical North scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−2.5

2021→2024

Westlake Chemical North injury rate improved

Westlake Chemical North's TCR fell 2.5 from 2.5 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=2.5 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325211 · Westlake, LA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 19% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #12/21
PHOTO La Porte PP
BOOK 4y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: La Porte PP (0.0 TCR gap)

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0.6
La Porte PP

0.6
Braskem Seadri

0.6
Pasadena Plant

0.6
Americas Resin

0.6

What this shows Westlake Chemical North averages 0.6 TCR (19% of the Plastics and synthetic resins regenerating, precipitating, and coagulating BLS benchmark).

Westlake Chemical North TCR series: 2021=2.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Westlake Chemical North falls in its industry

644 Plastics and synthetic resins establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 21 Plastics and synthetic resins employers in Louisiana.

Westlake Chemical North (72 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Westlake Chemical North has more employees than the Plastics and synthetic resins regenerati median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2024	0.0	0.0	0	0
2023	0.0	0.0	0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0	0
2021	2.5	1.3	1	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325211 · LA · Westlake

644 Plastics and synthetic resins regenerating, precipitating, and coagulating employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 97 employers in Westlake, LA · 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	La Porte PP	LA PORTE, TX	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Braskem Seadrift Facility	SEADRIFT, TX	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Pasadena Plant	PASADENA, TX	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Americas Resins and Global FM : Alexandria	ALEXANDRIA, LA	0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Justiss Oil Company Inc.	JENA	72 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Star Service, Inc.	ST. ROSE	72 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BrandSafway LLC - Valero Refinery - Meraux	MERAUX	72 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Valero St. Charles Norco LA- BSL	NORCO	72 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Turner at Sasol North America Westlake LA	Westlake	2,782 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lake Charles South	Westlake	1,132 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CITGO Petroleum Corporation	Westlake	1,093 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Performance Contractors, Inc. - Sasol	Westlake	1,037 FTE
NAT-TCR	Jb&L, LLC	Decatur, AL	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Kenny Wilson Center	Dardenne Prairie, MO	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Northern Precision Plastics	Belvidere, IL	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Korber Pharma Inc - Apex	Apex, NC	0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Garkane Energy Cooperative INC	Loa, UT	72 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Falcon Logistics, LLC	West Linn, OR	72 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NTD Mechanical	Garland, TX	72 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Veroni, USA	Logan Township, NJ	72 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, 2021. 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.