Freight forwarding · California

USA - LAX, Western Ave

Torrance, CA · ~198 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

USA - LAX, Western Ave runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Freight forwarding workplace, earning a grade B.

USA - LAX, Western Ave: 3.1 TCR = 70% of Freight forwarding BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

USA - LAX, Western Ave safety composite

USA - LAX, Western Ave scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

2023→2024

USA - LAX, Western Ave injury rate improved

USA - LAX, Western Ave's TCR fell 2.1 from 4.2 in 2023 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=4.2 · 2024=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488510 · Torrance, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.1 · 70% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #31/57
  • PHOTO GAFRP - FOREST PARK FS
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~198 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GAFRP - FOREST PARK FS (0.0 TCR gap)

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USA - LAX, Western Ave in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows USA - LAX, Western Ave averages 3.1 TCR (70% of the Freight forwarding BLS benchmark).

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

USA - LAX, Western Ave TCR series: 2023=4.2 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 4.5

Where USA - LAX, Western Ave falls in its industry

358 Freight forwarding establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 57 Freight forwarding employers in California.

USA - LAX, Western Ave (198 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate USA - LAX, Western Ave
USA - LAX, Western Ave (198 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.2

USA - LAX, Western Ave has more employees than the Freight forwarding median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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 2.1 1.0 5 1 0
2023 4.2 4.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488510 · CA · Torrance

358 Freight forwarding employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 332 employers in Torrance, 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 GAFRP - FOREST PARK FS 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crane Worldwide - CMH -London Groveport 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yamato Transport U.S.A., Inc. 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR PRI - Carolina, Lot 3-4C A Street 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE WMJ Farms, Incorporated 198 FTE
STATE-SIZE Berries 198 FTE
STATE-SIZE Al Pak Labor, Inc. El Centro 198 FTE
STATE-SIZE 103430 - Oroville Dam Interim Spillway Repair 198 FTE
CITY-NEAR Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 4,144 FTE
CITY-NEAR Torrance Memorial Medical Center 3,808 FTE
CITY-NEAR Los Angeles 3,229 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 494 2,621 FTE
NAT-TCR Copper Valley Electric Association 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Judd Wire 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR DaikyoNishikawa USA Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Carrier Commerical Services (Clifton) 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Darragh Company 198 FTE
NAT-SIZE OBR Cooling Towers, Inc. 198 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABB Inc 198 FTE
NAT-SIZE Textron Systems 198 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: 2024, 2023. 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.