General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) · Maryland

WBA

Annapolis Junction, MD · ~115 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities

The verdict

WBA runs at 219% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) workplace, earning a grade F.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.8
avg TCR · per 100 workers
4.5
industry benchmark (BLS)
24
recordable injuries tracked

Grade compares WBA's OSHA Total Case Rate of 9.8 to the General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS benchmark of 4.5 (219% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.

Injury rate over time

WBA's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.5 industry benchmark.

4681012 20172018 10.94.5 Industry benchmarkWBA TCR
Total Case Rate (recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers), OSHA ITA Form 300A. Industry benchmark: BLS IIF, NAICS 484122.

Where WBA falls in its industry

3,113 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 41 General freight trucking, long employers in Maryland.

Trend analysis for WBA

Between 2017 and 2018, WBA's Total Case Rate worsened from 8.7 to 10.9 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 25% increase across 1 year of OSHA reporting.

The safest year on record was 2017, at a TCR of 8.7, while 2018 saw the highest rate, at 10.9, a spread of 2.2 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.

Summed across those 2 reporting years, WBA recorded 24 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.

Verify This Employer with OSHA

The 24 injuries shown on this page for WBA are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 484122 - General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL).

DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2018)

What is the DART rate formula?

DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.

11 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 237,442 hours worked = 9.27 DART

Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping

Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State

Benchmark TCR Source
WBA (this establishment) 9.84 OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg
Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) industry avg 4.50 BLS IIF, NAICS 484122
Maryland state avg (all industries) 4.70 OSHA ITA, state-level rollup

Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program

Reportable Incident Timeline

Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by WBA to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.

Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2018 10.9 9.3 13 0 0
2017 8.7 7.9 11 0 0

What this grade means for you

Use this grade as a relative read on WBA's reported OSHA injury record versus its General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.

  • At 219% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) benchmark, WBA reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
  • Judge this record against the wider General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
  • Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another

Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is WBA's safety grade?
WBA has a safety grade of F (Failing Safety Record). This grade is based on their average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 9.8 compared to the BLS industry benchmark of 4.5 for General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL).
How many injuries has WBA reported?
WBA has reported 24 total injuries and 0 fatalities across 2 years of OSHA data (2018, 2017). This data comes from mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reports.

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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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.