General merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers · North Carolina

531 Northridge Distribution

Rural Hall, NC · ~4,487 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

531 Northridge Distribution runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

531 Northridge Distribution: 2.7 TCR = 122% of General merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

531 Northridge Distribution safety composite

531 Northridge Distribution scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

2016→2020

531 Northridge Distribution injury rate improved

531 Northridge Distribution's TCR fell 2.1 from 5.5 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 1.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.5 · 2017=1.6 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423990 · Rural Hall, NC ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 2.7 · 122% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #4/12
  • PHOTO Jorgensen Company Mo…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 54 inj
  • SIZE ~4,487 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jorgensen Company Modesto (0.0 TCR gap)

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531 Northridge Distribution in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 531 Northridge Distribution averages 2.7 TCR (122% of the General merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

531 Northridge Distribution TCR series: 2016=5.5 · 2017=1.6 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=3.5 · BLS 2.2

Where 531 Northridge Distribution falls in its industry

322 General merchandise, durable g establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 12 General merchandise, durable g employers in North Carolina.

531 Northridge Distribution (4,487 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 531 Northridge Distribution
531 Northridge Distribution (4,487 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.0

531 Northridge Distribution has more employees than the General merchandise, durable goods, merc median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2020 3.5 3.0 21 0 0
2019 2.4 2.0 0 12 0
2018 0.5 0.2 3 0 0
2017 1.6 1.6 8 0 0
2016 5.5 3.3 22 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423990 · NC · Rural Hall

322 General merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 30 employers in Rural Hall, NC · 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 Jorgensen Company Modesto 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Coast Trends Inc 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR First Alert El Paso Distribution Center 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Audio-Video Corporation 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE The Budd Group Janitorial 4,414 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tar Heel Fresh 4,593 FTE
STATE-SIZE North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CLT4 4,292 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - RDU1 4,707 FTE
CITY-NEAR 521 Northridge Distribution 3,312 FTE
CITY-NEAR Siemens Energy Inc. Winston Service Center 367 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rural Hall, NC - A404 351 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hanesbrands, Inc 521 Distribution Center 346 FTE
NAT-TCR System 7 Wolfers, Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Grandview 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Refresco - Fort Worth, TX 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Alpine Meijer 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lahey Hospital and Medical Center 4,493 FTE
NAT-SIZE OSI Staffing Inc. 4,494 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hii - Technical Solutions Division 4,475 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rahway, NJ Facility 4,475 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.