Marine Cargo Handling · Florida

Ceres Port Canaveral

Cape Canaveral, FL · ~220 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ceres Port Canaveral runs at 107% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Marine Cargo Handling workplace, earning a grade C.

Ceres Port Canaveral: 3.6 TCR = 107% of Marine Cargo Handling BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ceres Port Canaveral safety composite

Ceres Port Canaveral scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−1.6

2021→2024

Ceres Port Canaveral injury rate improved

Ceres Port Canaveral's TCR fell 1.6 from 5.9 in 2021 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=5.9 · 2022=1.0 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 448320 · Cape Canaveral, FL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 107% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK P38
  • PHOTO Ceres Jacksonville (…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~220 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ceres Jacksonville (ICTF) (0.1 TCR gap)

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Ceres Port Canaveral in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ceres Port Canaveral averages 3.6 TCR (107% of the Marine Cargo Handling BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Ceres Port Canaveral TCR series: 2021=5.9 · 2022=1 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 3.4

Where Ceres Port Canaveral falls in its industry

13 Marine Cargo Handling establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Ceres Port Canaveral (220 employees, TCR 3.6) among 7 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 121 employees and a TCR of 3.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 8 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ceres StocktonHouston Terminals, LLCCeres Port HuenemeCeres SavannahCeres New Orleans CruiseSADDLE SHOPCeres JacksonvilleCeres Port Canaveral
Ceres Port Canaveral (220 employees, TCR 3.6) among 7 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 121 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Ceres Port Canaveral has more employees than the Marine Cargo Handling median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 4.3 2.5 12 0 0
2023 3.3 0.8 7 1 0
2022 1.0 1.0 2 0 0
2021 5.9 3.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

448320 · FL · Cape Canaveral

13 Marine Cargo Handling employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 23 employers in Cape Canaveral, FL · 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 Ceres Jacksonville (ICTF) 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Houston Terminals, LLC 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ceres Savannah 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ceres Gulf Winds 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lake Nona Wave Hotel 220 FTE
STATE-SIZE Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital-Tallahassee 220 FTE
STATE-SIZE FL_Jacksonville_13483 220 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ranger Construction 220 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation Cape Canaveral Air Force Statn (1259) 757 FTE
CITY-NEAR ULA- CCAFS 490 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHSi Florida 428 FTE
CITY-NEAR OLS Launch Complex 420 FTE
NAT-TCR Aria Health - Torresdale 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Biewer Sawmill-Winona 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Spokane Valley WA Truss 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 262 - Orland Park IL 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mounds View High School 220 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Labelmark Co Inc 220 FTE
NAT-SIZE 178 - Aurora 220 FTE
NAT-SIZE 109 - Commerce 220 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.