Stevedoring services · California

PALA (NOLA Sites & M/R)

San Pedro, CA · ~637 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

PALA (NOLA Sites & M/R) runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Stevedoring services workplace, earning a grade D.

PALA (NOLA Sites & M/R): 6.4 TCR = 143% of Stevedoring services BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

PALA (NOLA Sites & M/R) safety composite

PALA (NOLA Sites & M/R) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.1

2016→2017

PALA (NOLA Sites & M/R) injury rate improved

PALA (NOLA Sites & M/R)'s TCR fell 2.1 from 7.5 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.5 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.5 · 2017=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488320 · San Pedro, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 143% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #45/65
  • PHOTO Luis A. Ayala Colon …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 35 inj
  • SIZE ~637 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Luis A. Ayala Colon Sucrs., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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PALA (NOLA Sites & M/R) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows PALA (NOLA Sites & M/R) averages 6.4 TCR (143% of the Stevedoring services BLS benchmark).

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

PALA (NOLA Sites & M/R) TCR series: 2016=7.5 · 2017=5.4 · BLS 4.5

Where PALA (NOLA Sites & M/R) falls in its industry

391 Stevedoring services establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #45 safest of 65 Stevedoring services employers in California.

PALA (NOLA Sites & M/R) (637 employees, TCR 6.4) 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 PALA (NOLA Sites & M/R)
PALA (NOLA Sites & M/R) (637 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 4.8

PALA (NOLA Sites & M/R) has more employees than the Stevedoring 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
2017 5.4 2.9 15 0 0
2016 7.5 5.3 20 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488320 · CA · San Pedro

391 Stevedoring services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 81 employers in San Pedro, CA · 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 Luis A. Ayala Colon Sucrs., Inc. 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR SSAT Tacoma CEM 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metro Cruise SF 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Freeport 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE CENTRAL WATER DISTRICT 637 FTE
STATE-SIZE Janitorial Equipment Services Inc. 637 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2576-50880000-5088 637 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6403-64030381 637 FTE
CITY-NEAR APM Terminals Pacific LLC 1,638 FTE
CITY-NEAR WBCT Terminal 1,252 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2252-00000772 1,111 FTE
CITY-NEAR WCTSLB 1,078 FTE
NAT-TCR N and R of Strafford Inc 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Houston (GCR) 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR AAL 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Cornerstone 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wildwood Programs Inc 637 FTE
NAT-SIZE New York (GH) 637 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ability Building Center, Inc 637 FTE
NAT-SIZE The MacIntosh Company 637 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: 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.