Motor freight carrier, used household goods · Maryland

Western Express Forwarding

Name: Western Express Forwarding Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Upper Marlboro, MD · ~35 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.8
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Western Express Forwarding runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Motor freight carrier, used household goods workplace, earning a grade A.

Western Express Forwarding: 1.8 TCR = 41% of Motor freight carrier, used household goods BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Express Forwarding safety composite

Western Express Forwarding scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−2.8

2021→2023

Western Express Forwarding injury rate improved

Western Express Forwarding's TCR fell 2.8 from 2.8 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=2.8 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484210 · Upper Marlboro, MD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.8 · 41% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #3/14
PHOTO Johnson Moving & Sto…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Johnson Moving & Storage - Topeka (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Western Express Forwarding averages 1.8 TCR (41% of the Motor freight carrier, used household goods BLS benchmark).

Western Express Forwarding TCR series: 2021=2.8 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Western Express Forwarding falls in its industry

548 Motor freight carrier, used ho establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.6.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 14 Motor freight carrier, used ho employers in Maryland.

Western Express Forwarding (35 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 7.6

Western Express Forwarding has fewer employees than the Motor freight carrier, used household go median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.6. 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
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	2.8	2.8	1
2021	2.8	2.8	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484210 · MD · Upper Marlboro

548 Motor freight carrier, used household goods employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 98 employers in Upper Marlboro, MD · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Johnson Moving & Storage - Topeka	TOPEKA, KS	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Suddath Van Lines, Inc. (TSG)	JACKSONVILLE, FL	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Planes Moving & Storage of Chicago, LLC	AURORA, IL	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Blake & Sons Moving & Storage, Inc	CLARKSBURG, MD	1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	MaryMed, LLC - Massey	MASSEY	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Region 111	WHITE MARSH	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	PHRG MD Ops	ELKRIDGE	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mid Atlantic Bath Solutions, LLC 71	LAUREL	35 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Washington DC	Upper Marlboro	1,045 FTE
CITY-NEAR	3888 - East Coast Return Center	Upper Marlboro	447 FTE
CITY-NEAR	3881 - Upper Marlboro FDC	Upper Marlboro	431 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Thos. Somerville Co.	Upper Marlboro	368 FTE
NAT-TCR	Champion Laboratories - Air Plant	Albion, IL	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cooper Companies Inc.	Davison, MI	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Southeast Unloading - Bessemer	Bessemer, AL	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Rochester Housing Authority	Rochester, NY	1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Capmen LLC	Tampa, FL	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Arrow Crating and Packaging	Moorestown, NJ	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CRM Plant 307	Bellingham, SD	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Corteva Agriscience JVL1-JanesvilleWI	Janesville, WI	35 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, 2021. 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.