Courier Services Except by Air · Louisiana
Houma Center (Lahma)
Gray, LA · ~109 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 6.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Houma Center (Lahma) runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Courier Services Except by Air workplace, earning a grade B.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 4.3
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 6.5
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 10
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Houma Center (Lahma)'s OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Houma Center (Lahma)'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 6.5 industry benchmark.
Where Houma Center (Lahma) falls in its industry
7,001 Courier Services Except by Air establishmentsSafer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.9.
Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 88 Courier Services Except by Air employers in Louisiana.
Houma Center (Lahma) has an average TCR of 4.3, which is 65% of the industry average (6.5) for Courier Services Except by Air. This is better than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for Houma Center (Lahma)
Between 2016 and 2018, Houma Center (Lahma)'s Total Case Rate held roughly steady from 3.9 to 3.8 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 1% decrease across 2 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2018, at a TCR of 3.8, while 2017 saw the highest rate, at 5.0, a spread of 1.2 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 3 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 3 reporting years, Houma Center (Lahma) recorded 10 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 3-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Houma Center (Lahma)'s own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 492110 - Courier Services Except by Air.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2018)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 156,184 hours worked = 1.28 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Houma Center (Lahma) (this establishment) | 4.25 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Couriers and Express Delivery Services industry avg | 6.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 492110 |
| Louisiana state avg (all industries) | 2.92 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Houma Center (Lahma) to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2018: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Houma Center (Lahma)'s reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Courier Services Except by Air peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 65% of the Courier Services Except by Air benchmark, Houma Center (Lahma) reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Courier Services Except by Air sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.