Marine cargo handling services · Florida
Ports America Tampa
Tampa, FL · ~135 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 5.2
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ports America Tampa runs at 116% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Marine cargo handling services workplace, earning a grade C.
Ports America Tampa: 5.2 TCR = 116% of Marine cargo handling services BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ports America Tampa safety composite
Ports America Tampa scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).
45/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.2 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% 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 Tampa: 4.2 → 6.2 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 6.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.7× in 2024
Ports America Tampa's TCR rose 2.0 from 4.2 in 2023 to 6.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 488320 · Tampa, FL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 5.2 · 116% of ind
- DART 3.6 DART
- RANK #18/37
- PHOTO Washington United Te…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~135 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Washington United Terminals INC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ports America Tampa in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Ports America Tampa
5.2 TCR
- Washington Uni
Washington United Terminals INC
5.2 TCR
- Houston Termin
Houston Terminal
5.2 TCR
- Gibsonton Term
Gibsonton Terminal
5.2 TCR
- Ceres Houston
Ceres Houston
5.2 TCR
What this shows Ports America Tampa averages 5.2 TCR (116% of the Marine cargo handling services BLS benchmark).
Ports America Tampa TCR series: 2023=4.2 · 2024=6.2 · BLS 4.5
Where Ports America Tampa falls in its industry
391 Marine cargo handling services establishmentsSafer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.
Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 37 Marine cargo handling services employers in Florida.
Ports America Tampa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.2 | 3.6 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
488320 · FL · Tampa
391 Marine cargo handling services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 1,659 employers in Tampa, FL · 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 | Washington United Terminals INC | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Houston Terminal | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gibsonton Terminal | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ceres Houston | 5.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Pine Forest Complex | 135 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Page Mechanical Group Inc. | 135 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 103572 - Selmon Expressway Western Extension | 135 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Roberts and Roberts, Inc. | 135 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Diversified Maintenance Systems LLC | 10,600 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tampa General Hospital | 7,849 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Valet Living, LLC | 6,337 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ST. Joseph's Hospital (5100) | 5,540 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Dynamic Engineering, Inc | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | FV Clinics-Andover | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mikal - Kalamazoo | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | V2 Composites | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | DCI Inc | 135 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bedford Care Center of Hattiesburg | 135 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Custom Profile | 135 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Orcor - Corvallis | 135 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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