Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers · Georgia

4206-00950003-950000

Commerce, GA · ~406 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

4206-00950003-950000 runs at 162% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

4206-00950003-950000: 3.6 TCR = 162% of Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

4206-00950003-950000 safety composite

4206-00950003-950000 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 66% 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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% 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

−4.4

2020→2021

4206-00950003-950000 injury rate improved

4206-00950003-950000's TCR fell 4.4 from 5.8 in 2020 to 1.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=5.8 · 2021=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424920 · Commerce, GA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 162% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO ReaderLink Southern …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~406 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ReaderLink Southern Distribution Center (0.1 TCR gap)

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4206-00950003-950000 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 4206-00950003-950000 averages 3.6 TCR (162% of the Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

4206-00950003-950000 TCR series: 2020=5.8 · 2021=1.4 · BLS 2.2

Where 4206-00950003-950000 falls in its industry

57 Book, Periodical, and Newspape establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Book, Periodical, and Newspape employers in Georgia.

4206-00950003-950000 (406 employees, TCR 3.6) among 26 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 191 employees and a TCR of 3.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 27 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 4206-00950003-950000
4206-00950003-950000 (406 employees, TCR 3.6) among 26 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 191 employees and a TCR of 3.8

4206-00950003-950000 has more employees than the Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2021 1.4 1.4 3 2 0
2020 5.8 5.8 14 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424920 · GA · Commerce

57 Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 35 employers in Commerce, GA · 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 ReaderLink Southern Distribution Center 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Baker & Taylor Momence 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Barnes and Noble Distribution Center 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ogden Distribution Center 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Snyder's Lance Columbus 406 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oriental Weavers USA, Inc. 406 FTE
STATE-SIZE 862 406 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pulte Home Company LLC Home Office 405 FTE
CITY-NEAR SKBA 2,745 FTE
CITY-NEAR Commerce Book Service 455 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3 340 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3 326 FTE
NAT-TCR HD Molding & Manufacturing, LLC 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Leviton Mfg. Co., Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Beverage-Air Warehouse 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Derry Office 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE MTK01, Applied Materials, Semi Tool Main 406 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carmel Clay Board of Parks and Recreation 406 FTE
NAT-SIZE Department of Military Affairs 406 FTE
NAT-SIZE CCK Construction Services Inc. 406 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: 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.