Marine cargo handling services · Hawaii

West Hawaii Port of Kawaihae

Kawaihae, HI · ~22 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Hawaii Port of Kawaihae runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Marine cargo handling services workplace, earning a grade A.

West Hawaii Port of Kawaihae: 1.2 TCR = 26% of Marine cargo handling services BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Hawaii Port of Kawaihae safety composite

West Hawaii Port of Kawaihae scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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).

C

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

West Hawaii Port of Kawaihae: 0.0 → 4.8 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 4.8 TCR · DART/TCR 3.99× in 2023

West Hawaii Port of Kawaihae's TCR rose 4.8 from 0.0 in 2018 to 4.8 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 3.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488320 · Kawaihae, HI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 26% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #1/8
  • PHOTO Manchester Terminal
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Manchester Terminal (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Hawaii Port of Kawaihae in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Hawaii Port of Kawaihae averages 1.2 TCR (26% of the Marine cargo handling services BLS benchmark).

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

West Hawaii Port of Kawaihae TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=4.8 · BLS 4.5

Where West Hawaii Port of Kawaihae falls in its industry

391 Marine cargo handling services establishments

Safer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Hawaii alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 8 Marine cargo handling services employers in Hawaii.

West Hawaii Port of Kawaihae (22 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate West Hawaii Port of Kawaihae
West Hawaii Port of Kawaihae (22 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 4.8

West Hawaii Port of Kawaihae has fewer employees than the Marine cargo handling services median and a lower 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 4.8 4.8 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488320 · HI · Kawaihae

391 Marine cargo handling services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,022 rated employers in Hawaii with headcount on file · 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 Manchester Terminal 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Negociado Maritimo - Muelle Panamericano I y II 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Berkley 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SMM Group Port Newark 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Aloun Kauai Farming, LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE SJ Farms, Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Larry Jefts Farms, LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Akea Farms, Inc. 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4818-HIKW 38 FTE
NAT-TCR Marotta Controls, Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR The Heirloom Collective, Inc. Hadley 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Micro Commercial Components 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Courtyard by Marriott Morgantown 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Speedco 944 Ripon, CA 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Electric Torque Machines 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Speedco 939 North Little Rock, AR 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bridgewater Commons Mall 22 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: 2023, 2022, 2019, 2018. 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.