Marine cargo handling services · Maryland
Ports America Chesapeake - Seagirt Marine Terminal
Baltimore, MD · ~733 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.4
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ports America Chesapeake - Seagirt Marine Terminal runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Marine cargo handling services workplace, earning a grade D.
Ports America Chesapeake - Seagirt Marine Terminal: 6.4 TCR = 142% of Marine cargo handling services BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ports America Chesapeake - Seagirt Marine Terminal safety composite
Ports America Chesapeake - Seagirt Marine Terminal scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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).
34/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% 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 - Seagirt Marine Terminal: 6.0 → 6.8 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 6.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.87× in 2023
Ports America Chesapeake - Seagirt Marine Terminal's TCR rose 0.8 from 6.0 in 2022 to 6.8 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 488320 · Baltimore, MD ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 142% of ind
- DART 5.6 DART
- RANK #8/17
- PHOTO Freeport
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 96 inj
- SIZE ~733 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Freeport (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ports America Chesapeake - Seagirt Marine Terminal in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Ports America Chesapeake - Seagirt Marine Terminal
6.4 TCR
- Freeport
Freeport
6.4 TCR
- Luis A. Ayala
Luis A. Ayala Colon Sucrs., Inc.
6.4 TCR
- PALA (NOLA Sit
PALA (NOLA Sites & M/R)
6.4 TCR
- Richmond CA
Richmond CA
6.3 TCR
What this shows Ports America Chesapeake - Seagirt Marine Terminal averages 6.4 TCR (142% of the Marine cargo handling services BLS benchmark).
Ports America Chesapeake - Seagirt Marine Terminal TCR series: 2022=6 · 2023=6.8 · BLS 4.5
Where Ports America Chesapeake - Seagirt Marine Terminal falls in its industry
391 Marine cargo handling services establishmentsSafer than 35% 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 #8 safest of 17 Marine cargo handling services employers in Maryland.
Ports America Chesapeake - Seagirt 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 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 46 | 1 | 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 | Freeport | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Luis A. Ayala Colon Sucrs., Inc. | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Richmond CA | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PALA (NOLA Sites & M/R) | 6.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | AMZL : DBA3 | 733 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hunter Douglas Fabrication | 729 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mona Electric Group Inc | 724 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Vane Line Bunkering, LLC - Baltimore | 724 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 | Vitro Architectural Glass | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 55355 Visalia | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gray Warehouse | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Les Schwab Tire Center-Ellensburg | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Valley Forge Casino Resort | 733 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ferraro Foods | 733 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Watertown Regional Medical Center | 733 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | East Side | 733 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.