Marine cargo handling services · Maryland
Ports America Chesapeake - Dundalk Marine Terminal
Baltimore, MD · ~186 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.0
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ports America Chesapeake - Dundalk Marine Terminal runs at 154% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Marine cargo handling services workplace, earning a grade D.
Ports America Chesapeake - Dundalk Marine Terminal: 7.0 TCR = 154% of Marine cargo handling services BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ports America Chesapeake - Dundalk Marine Terminal safety composite
Ports America Chesapeake - Dundalk Marine Terminal scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.95 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.14 per 100 workers
Safer than 32% 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
−3.6
2022→2023
Ports America Chesapeake - Dundalk Marine Terminal injury rate improved
Ports America Chesapeake - Dundalk Marine Terminal's TCR fell 3.6 from 8.7 in 2022 to 5.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=8.7 · 2023=5.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 488320 · Baltimore, MD ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 7.0 · 154% of ind
- DART 4.1 DART
- RANK #10/17
- PHOTO Coos Bay Shipping
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 27 inj
- SIZE ~186 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Coos Bay Shipping (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ports America Chesapeake - Dundalk Marine Terminal in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Ports America Chesapeake - Dundalk Marine Terminal
7 TCR
- Coos Bay Shipp
Coos Bay Shipping
7 TCR
- Napoleon Avenu
Napoleon Avenue
6.9 TCR
- Federal Marine
Federal Marine Terminals of Albany
6.9 TCR
- Nashville Aven
Nashville Avenue
6.9 TCR
What this shows Ports America Chesapeake - Dundalk Marine Terminal averages 7.0 TCR (154% of the Marine cargo handling services BLS benchmark).
Ports America Chesapeake - Dundalk Marine Terminal TCR series: 2022=8.7 · 2023=5.2 · BLS 4.5
Where Ports America Chesapeake - Dundalk Marine Terminal falls in its industry
391 Marine cargo handling services establishmentsSafer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.
Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 17 Marine cargo handling services employers in Maryland.
Ports America Chesapeake - Dundalk Marine Terminal has more employees than the Marine cargo handling 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.7 | 7.7 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
488320 · MD · Baltimore
391 Marine cargo handling services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 1,031 employers in Baltimore, MD · 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 | Coos Bay Shipping | 7.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Napoleon Avenue | 6.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Federal Marine Terminals of Albany | 6.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nashville Avenue | 6.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Donohoe Construction Company | 186 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Merritt Management Corp - Merritt Construction Services - MD | 186 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Columbia, Herrmann Dr. | 186 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Capitol Drywall LLC | 186 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Johns Hopkins Hospital | 12,523 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University of Maryland Medical Center | 7,980 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sinai Hospital of Baltimore | 7,770 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NGMS-T340 | 6,180 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Northern Indiana Manufacturing | 7.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Quality Custom Distribution | 7.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TMC Industries Inc. | 7.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Freedom Springs (seasonal establishment) | 7.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Bryan Manor | 186 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Paladin Attachments | 186 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bill Nichols State Veterans Home | 186 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Technical Consumer Products, Inc | 186 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.