Marine cargo handling services · Maryland
Ports America Chesapeake - Fairfield Marine Terminal
Baltimore, MD · ~18 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.5
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ports America Chesapeake - Fairfield Marine Terminal runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Marine cargo handling services workplace, earning a grade D.
Ports America Chesapeake - Fairfield Marine Terminal: 6.5 TCR = 146% of Marine cargo handling services BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ports America Chesapeake - Fairfield Marine Terminal safety composite
Ports America Chesapeake - Fairfield Marine Terminal scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).
27/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.55 per 100 workers
Safer than 32% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 13.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Ports America Chesapeake - Fairfield Marine Terminal: 0.0 → 13.1 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 13.1 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2023
Ports America Chesapeake - Fairfield Marine Terminal's TCR rose 13.1 from 0.0 in 2022 to 13.1 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 488320 · Baltimore, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 146% of ind
- DART 13.1 DART
- RANK #9/17
- PHOTO 267 JACKSONVILLE INT…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~18 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 267 JACKSONVILLE INT'L GATEWAY (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ports America Chesapeake - Fairfield Marine Terminal in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- 267 JACKSONVIL
267 JACKSONVILLE INT'L GATEWAY
6.6 TCR
- PBC SERVICES I
PBC SERVICES INC
6.6 TCR
- This site
Ports America Chesapeake - Fairfield Marine Terminal
6.5 TCR
- Premier Bulk S
Premier Bulk Stevedoring Panama City
6.5 TCR
- SSA Pacific, S
SSA Pacific, Stockton Terminal
6.5 TCR
What this shows Ports America Chesapeake - Fairfield Marine Terminal averages 6.5 TCR (146% of the Marine cargo handling services BLS benchmark).
Ports America Chesapeake - Fairfield Marine Terminal TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=13.1 · BLS 4.5
Where Ports America Chesapeake - Fairfield Marine Terminal falls in its industry
391 Marine cargo handling services establishmentsSafer than 32% 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 #9 safest of 17 Marine cargo handling services employers in Maryland.
Ports America Chesapeake - Fairfield Marine Terminal has fewer 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 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 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. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | 267 JACKSONVILLE INT'L GATEWAY | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Premier Bulk Stevedoring Panama City | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PBC SERVICES INC | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SSA Pacific, Stockton Terminal | 6.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Fort Smallwood Office Complex | 18 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2019132 - BWI Concourse A5 Gate Expansion | 18 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Triple Crown Construction | 18 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1004 - BELFOR Beltsville MD | 18 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 | Fab Steel - Flannery | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Arc Allegany-Steuben- Shine | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | DATTCO - South Windsor | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Milbank Manufacturing - Concordia | 6.5 TCR |
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.