Marine cargo handling services · Maryland
Balterm LLC
Baltimore, MD · ~73 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.6
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Balterm LLC runs at 169% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Marine cargo handling services workplace, earning a grade D.
Balterm LLC: 7.6 TCR = 169% of Marine cargo handling services BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Balterm LLC safety composite
Balterm LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.59 per 100 workers
Safer than 26% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Balterm LLC: 3.7 → 5.3 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 15.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.56× in 2022
Balterm LLC's TCR rose 1.6 from 3.7 in 2016 to 5.3 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 15.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 488320 · Baltimore, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 7.6 · 169% of ind
- DART 4.3 DART
- RANK #13/17
- PHOTO Portsmouth Marine Te…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 33 inj
- SIZE ~73 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Portsmouth Marine Terminal (0.0 TCR gap)
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Balterm LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Virginia Inlan
Virginia Inland Port
7.7 TCR
- This site
Balterm LLC
7.6 TCR
- Portsmouth Mar
Portsmouth Marine Terminal
7.6 TCR
- Tri-State Mari
Tri-State Maritime Services
7.5 TCR
- East Hawaii Po
East Hawaii Port of Hilo
7.5 TCR
What this shows Balterm LLC averages 7.6 TCR (169% of the Marine cargo handling services BLS benchmark).
Balterm LLC TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=9 · 2018=6.4 · 2019=8.5 · 2020=15.4 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=5.3 · BLS 4.5
Where Balterm LLC falls in its industry
391 Marine cargo handling services establishmentsSafer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.
Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 17 Marine cargo handling services employers in Maryland.
Balterm LLC has fewer employees than the Marine cargo handling services median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 15.4 | 4.4 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.5 | 4.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.4 | 4.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
488320 · MD · Baltimore
391 Marine cargo handling services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 1,031 employers in Baltimore, MD · 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 | Portsmouth Marine Terminal | 7.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tri-State Maritime Services | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | East Hawaii Port of Hilo | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Virginia Inland Port | 7.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Reliable installation Services, LLCs | 73 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bausum & Duckett Electric LLc | 73 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Celtic Demolition Inc | 73 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hampstead MFG (T&O, TOOLS) | 73 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Johns Hopkins Hospital | 12,523 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University of Maryland Medical Center | 7,980 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sinai Hospital of Baltimore | 7,770 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NGMS-T340 | 6,180 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 0013 - Silverdale Wa Whse | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Eb Airfoils LLC | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Eversource - Hyde Park Electric | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 00394-SR77 | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Wholesale Equipment of Fresno, Inc. | 73 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Prescription Landscape - Main Office | 73 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 6458-ZLEB | 73 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 6458-ZHUR | 73 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.