Marine cargo handling services · Massachusetts

Black Falcon Terminal

Boston, MA · ~180 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Black Falcon Terminal runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Marine cargo handling services workplace, earning a grade A.

Black Falcon Terminal: 1.9 TCR = 41% of Marine cargo handling services BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Black Falcon Terminal safety composite

Black Falcon Terminal scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% 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).

C

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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

Black Falcon Terminal: 1.3 → 2.5 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 2.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.66× in 2023

Black Falcon Terminal's TCR rose 1.2 from 1.3 in 2022 to 2.5 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488320 · Boston, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.9 · 41% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK P82
  • PHOTO Sprague Operating Re…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~180 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sprague Operating Resources - Searsport (0.0 TCR gap)

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Black Falcon Terminal in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Black Falcon Terminal averages 1.9 TCR (41% of the Marine cargo handling services BLS benchmark).

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

Black Falcon Terminal TCR series: 2022=1.3 · 2023=2.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Black Falcon Terminal falls in its industry

391 Marine cargo handling services establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Black Falcon Terminal (180 employees, TCR 1.9) 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 Black Falcon Terminal
Black Falcon Terminal (180 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 4.8

Black Falcon Terminal has more employees than the Marine cargo handling services 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
2023 2.5 1.2 2 0 0
2022 1.3 0.9 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488320 · MA · Boston

391 Marine cargo handling services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 577 employers in Boston, MA · 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 Sprague Operating Resources - Searsport 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Charleston Gate Company, LLC 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SEAONUS STEVEDORING - NEW ORLEANS LLC 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Suderman Contracting Stevedores (Galveston) dba Metro Ports 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rich Products Salem 180 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bete Fog Nozzle, Inc. 180 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allegro MicroSystems, LLC (MAR) 180 FTE
STATE-SIZE MANHEIM NEW ENGLAND 180 FTE
CITY-NEAR Massachusetts General Hospital 26,855 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brigham and Women's Hospital 19,183 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brigham and Womens Hospital 19,004 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brigham & Women's Hospital 18,260 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1881 ST. LOUIS, MO 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Beltsville Md 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR premier truck group of tulsa 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Acacia Home Care (Certified) 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE West Star Aviation / Chattanooga 180 FTE
NAT-SIZE SC Steel LLC 180 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mayo Clinic Health System-Sparta 180 FTE
NAT-SIZE LNK - 145 Ricefield 180 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: 2023, 2022. 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.