Lamp black manufacturing · Louisiana
WR Grace & Co. Inc
Sulphur, LA · ~344 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
WR Grace & Co. Inc runs at 8% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Lamp black manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
WR Grace & Co. Inc: 0.3 TCR = 8% of Lamp black manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
WR Grace & Co. Inc safety composite
WR Grace & Co. Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% 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).
77/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.28 per 100 workers
Safer than 96% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 75% 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%).
WR Grace & Co. Inc held a steady TCR band
WR Grace & Co. Inc's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 0.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=0.0 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=0.3 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.5 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325180 · Sulphur, LA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 8% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #5/30
- PHOTO Muscle Shoals Plant
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~344 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Muscle Shoals Plant (0.0 TCR gap)
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WR Grace & Co. Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site 0.3
WR Grace & Co. Inc
0.3 TCR
- Muscle Shoals 0.3
Muscle Shoals Plant
0.3 TCR
- Westlake Chemi 0.3
Westlake Chemical South
0.3 TCR
- Albemarle Corp 0.3
Albemarle Corporation
0.3 TCR
- Haldor Topsoe, 0.3
Haldor Topsoe, Inc.
0.3 TCR
What this shows WR Grace & Co. Inc averages 0.3 TCR (8% of the Lamp black manufacturing BLS benchmark).
WR Grace & Co. Inc TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=0.3 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=0 · 2021=0.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0.3 · BLS 3.3
Where WR Grace & Co. Inc falls in its industry
418 Lamp black manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.
Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 30 Lamp black manufacturing employers in Louisiana.
WR Grace & Co. Inc has more employees than the Lamp black manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325180 · LA · Sulphur
418 Lamp black manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 89 employers in Sulphur, 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 | Muscle Shoals Plant | 0.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Westlake Chemical South | 0.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Albemarle Corporation | 0.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Haldor Topsoe, Inc. | 0.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Dow Chemical Company Plaquemine LA | 344 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 961 | 344 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 75 | 344 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Supreme Services & Specialty Company Inc. | 343 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Turner at Sasol North America Sulphur LA | 2,604 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Brock Services Lake Charles LA | 910 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Greenberry Industrial - Gulf Coast | 768 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Petrochemical Complex | 399 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Meriter Deforest-Windsor | 0.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Calpine Houston Corporate Offices | 0.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Omni Mechanical Services - Main Office | 0.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | KHO | 0.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Indiana Convention Center / Lucas Oil Stadium | 344 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tetra Pak Inc. | 344 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Afton Chemical Corporation - Sauget, IL | 344 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas | 344 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.