Employer · Louisiana

ARTCO Stevedoring

Waggaman, LA · ~162 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ARTCO Stevedoring runs at 22% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade A.

ARTCO Stevedoring: 1.0 TCR = 22% of industry BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ARTCO Stevedoring safety composite

ARTCO Stevedoring scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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%).

ARTCO Stevedoring held a steady TCR band

ARTCO Stevedoring's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.5 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.5 · 2017=1.2 · 2018=0.6 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488320 · Waggaman, LA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 22% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK #4/24
  • PHOTO Tropical Shipping an…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~162 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tropical Shipping and Construction Company Limited dba Tropical Shipping St. Croix (0.0 TCR gap)

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ARTCO Stevedoring in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ARTCO Stevedoring averages 1.0 TCR (22% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

ARTCO Stevedoring TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2017=1.2 · 2018=0.6 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 4.5

Where ARTCO Stevedoring falls in its industry

391 industry establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 24 industry employers in Louisiana.

ARTCO Stevedoring (162 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate ARTCO Stevedoring
ARTCO Stevedoring (162 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 4.8

ARTCO Stevedoring has more employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 1.3 0.4 3 0 0
2023 0.9 0.9 2 0 0
2022 0.5 0.5 1 0 0
2021 1.1 0.5 2 0 0
2018 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2017 1.2 1.2 2 0 0
2016 1.5 1.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488320 · LA · Waggaman

391 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 14 employers in Waggaman, 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 Tropical Shipping and Construction Company Limited dba Tropical Shipping St. Croix 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kenova Terminal 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR CPA - Container Depot 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ships Crane Guys, LLC 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Burner Fire Control, Inc. 162 FTE
STATE-SIZE Diversified Well Logging 162 FTE
STATE-SIZE Performance Contractors, Inc. - Citgo-Westlake 162 FTE
STATE-SIZE JFSNA at ExxonMobil Complex Baton Rouge 162 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cornerstone Chemical Company- Fortier 494 FTE
CITY-NEAR New Orleans Marine 175 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carpenter & Paterson Inc. 174 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carpenter & Paterson Waggaman Branch 120 FTE
NAT-TCR Jackson County Government 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Canton Office 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR OH_Columbus_1600 Dublin Rd_TWMH6DBL 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Moonachie Distribution Centre 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Winner Regional Health 162 FTE
NAT-SIZE Zingerman's Bakehouse, Inc. 162 FTE
NAT-SIZE State Street 162 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ames Ia - 3356 162 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.