Barge transportation, canal (freight) · Texas

Kirby Inland Marine

Houston, TX · ~2,697 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Kirby Inland Marine runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Barge transportation, canal (freight) workplace, earning a grade A.

Kirby Inland Marine: 2.2 TCR = 49% of Barge transportation, canal (freight) BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kirby Inland Marine safety composite

Kirby Inland Marine scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 4%), 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 2.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 4% 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

−0.7

2016→2023

Kirby Inland Marine injury rate improved

Kirby Inland Marine's TCR fell 0.7 from 0.9 in 2016 to 0.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.9 · 2017=1.0 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=3.0 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=2.0 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=0.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 483211 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 2.2 · 49% of ind

  • DART 0.2 DART
  • RANK #4/5
  • PHOTO Marine Operations
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 402 inj
  • SIZE ~2,697 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Marine Operations (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kirby Inland Marine in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kirby Inland Marine averages 2.2 TCR (49% of the Barge transportation, canal (freight) BLS benchmark).

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

Kirby Inland Marine TCR series: 2016=0.9 · 2017=1 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=3 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=2 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=0.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Kirby Inland Marine falls in its industry

48 Barge transportation, canal (f establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Barge transportation, canal (f employers in Texas.

Kirby Inland Marine (2,697 employees, TCR 2.2) among 27 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 2.2 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 28 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 01,0002,0003,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Kirby Inland Marine
Kirby Inland Marine (2,697 employees, TCR 2.2) among 27 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Kirby Inland Marine has more employees than the Barge transportation, canal (freight) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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 0.2 0.2 59 18 0
2022 5.5 5.4 49 142 0
2021 2.0 2.0 25 85 0
2020 3.7 3.6 53 4 0
2019 3.0 3.0 68 13 0
2018 1.2 1.0 56 6 1
2017 1.0 1.0 48 0 0
2016 0.9 0.7 44 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

483211 · TX · Houston

48 Barge transportation, canal (freight) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, TX · 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 Marine Operations 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harbor Vessel Operations 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR ACBL - Western Coal Terminal 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Towing 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rio Grande Regional Hospital 2,690 FTE
STATE-SIZE Champion Home Builders 2,706 FTE
STATE-SIZE TXDAL - DALLAS 2,669 FTE
STATE-SIZE Driscoll Health Systems 2,730 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH IAH 11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-IAH 9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center 8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR AB Mauri Cedar Rapids 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Dendreon Pharmaceuticals - Union City 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sierra Vista 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Kimball Main Street Market 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE HSHS St. John's Hospital 2,696 FTE
NAT-SIZE McKee Foods Corporation TN MFG 2,696 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gillette Stadium 2,695 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chatt - General Fund 2,700 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.