August A Busch
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MEDFORD, MA | Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers
~316 avg employees | 4 years of OSHA data
August A Busch has an average TCR of 6.1, which is 278% of the industry average (2.2) for Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers. This is significantly worse than average.
Safety Insights for August A Busch
August A Busch operates an establishment with approximately 316 full-time equivalent workers in MEDFORD, MA, classified under the Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers industry (NAICS 424810). Across 4 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 60 recordable injuries, 1 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 6.1 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the F letter grade (Failing Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 2.2 for Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers, August A Busch's workforce experiences 278% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR above the benchmark flags a higher-than-typical risk profile for jobseekers, insurers, and enforcement agencies to examine.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 4 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating August A Busch as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from August A Busch's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 424810 — Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2023)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
9 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 543,712 hours worked = 3.31 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| August A Busch (this establishment) | 6.12 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 4-year avg |
| Beer merchant wholesalers industry avg | 2.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 424810 |
| Massachusetts state avg (all industries) | 10.63 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by August A Busch to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2023: 10 reportable incidents · 10 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 6 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 37 reportable incidents · 36 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 14.9 | 11.3 | 36 | 1 | 0 |
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