Cigars merchant wholesalers · Pennsylvania

Ashton Distributors

Philadelphia, PA · ~27 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ashton Distributors runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cigars merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Ashton Distributors: 3.0 TCR = 136% of Cigars merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ashton Distributors safety composite

Ashton Distributors scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−4.5

2022→2024

Ashton Distributors injury rate improved

Ashton Distributors's TCR fell 4.5 from 4.5 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.5 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424940 · Philadelphia, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.0 · 136% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO 6753_16879
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6753_16879 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ashton Distributors in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ashton Distributors averages 3.0 TCR (136% of the Cigars merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Ashton Distributors TCR series: 2022=4.5 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Ashton Distributors falls in its industry

62 Cigars merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Cigars merchant wholesalers employers in Pennsylvania.

Ashton Distributors (27 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Ashton Distributors
Ashton Distributors (27 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Ashton Distributors has fewer employees than the Cigars merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2022 4.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424940 · PA · Philadelphia

62 Cigars merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 1,431 employers in Philadelphia, PA · 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 6753_16879 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR L.J. Zucca Vineland, NJ 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Team Sledd, LLC 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR MyDad, LLC dba Hardecs Wholesale 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Feeney's Wholesale Nursery 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hunterstown Power Generation 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Panda Liberty 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE LMBE Project Company LLC 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR FIVE BELOW INC 19,600 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hospital of University of Pennsylvania 13,423 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Main Hospital 9,638 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Main Campus 9,129 FTE
NAT-TCR Altorfer Inc. - East Peoria, IL - 1 Capitol Drive 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Winder Price Industries 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Queens Service Center-Ny71 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Whip Mix Corporation 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Morgan Olson Plant 6 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kay Concrete Materials 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Synergy Equipment Stuart 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trans Pro Pak Inc 27 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. 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.