Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers · Utah

A-1 Distributing

Salt Lake, UT · ~22 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

A-1 Distributing runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

A-1 Distributing: 2.3 TCR = 105% of Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

A-1 Distributing safety composite

A-1 Distributing scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

A-1 Distributing held a steady TCR band

A-1 Distributing's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.1 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.1 · 2019=6.8 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Salt Lake, UT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.3 · 105% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/20
  • PHOTO Miami Transformers C…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Miami Transformers Corp. (0.0 TCR gap)

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A-1 Distributing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows A-1 Distributing averages 2.3 TCR (105% of the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

A-1 Distributing TCR series: 2018=0.1 · 2019=6.8 · 2020=0 · BLS 2.2

Where A-1 Distributing falls in its industry

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automot establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Utah alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 20 Scrap materials (e.g., automot employers in Utah.

A-1 Distributing (22 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate A-1 Distributing
A-1 Distributing (22 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

A-1 Distributing has fewer employees than the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, indus median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 6.8 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · UT · Salt Lake

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,861 rated employers in Utah with headcount on file · 10 employers in Salt Lake, UT · 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 Miami Transformers Corp. 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Phoenix Highland 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR PnP Fresno 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR PnP Hammond 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE McArthur homes 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE East Construction 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE SB Concrete, Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE UTR Services 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR State Fire Salt Lake 97 FTE
CITY-NEAR Salt Lake - 2220 North 2200 West Suite 100 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR Crown Lift Trucks Salt Lake 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR Salt Lake 67 FTE
NAT-TCR 4769-726-Williams Sonoma 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 416 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 1285 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 442 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE PKI Billerica 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Glendale Heights IL Thrift Store 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heartland Castings, Inc. 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fairfield Inn Avon 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.