Beer merchant wholesalers · Pennsylvania
Banko Beverage Co.
Allentown, PA · ~77 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Banko Beverage Co. runs at 324% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Beer merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Banko Beverage Co.: 7.1 TCR = 324% of Beer merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Banko Beverage Co. safety composite
Banko Beverage Co. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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).
54/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 7.12 per 100 workers
Safer than 42% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.6 per 100 workers
Safer than 69% 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
−3.3
2016→2024
Banko Beverage Co. injury rate improved
Banko Beverage Co.'s TCR fell 3.3 from 7.2 in 2016 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 12.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=7.2 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=8.2 · 2020=12.9 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=10.1 · 2024=3.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424810 · Allentown, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 324% of ind
- DART 2.6 DART
- RANK #8/15
- PHOTO A & B Distributing -…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 41 inj
- SIZE ~77 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: A & B Distributing - Olive Branch, MS (0.0 TCR gap)
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Banko Beverage Co. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Point Blank Di
Point Blank Distributing Portland
7.2 TCR
- L&F Distirbuto
L&F Distirbutors - Alpine
7.2 TCR
- This site
Banko Beverage Co.
7.1 TCR
- A & B Distribu
A & B Distributing - Olive Branch, MS
7.1 TCR
- Bellavance Bev
Bellavance Beverage Company
7.1 TCR
What this shows Banko Beverage Co. averages 7.1 TCR (324% of the Beer merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Banko Beverage Co. TCR series: 2016=7.2 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=8.2 · 2020=12.9 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=10.1 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 2.2
Where Banko Beverage Co. falls in its industry
664 Beer merchant wholesalers establishmentsSafer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.4.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 15 Beer merchant wholesalers employers in Pennsylvania.
Banko Beverage Co. has fewer employees than the Beer merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.4. 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 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10.1 | 7.6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 12.9 | 8.6 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.2 | 5.9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7.2 | 4.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424810 · PA · Allentown
664 Beer merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 447 employers in Allentown, 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 | A & B Distributing - Olive Branch, MS | 7.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bellavance Beverage Company | 7.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Point Blank Distributing Portland | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | L&F Distirbutors - Alpine | 7.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Middletown Egg | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | UGI Lancaster | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Transwall Office Systems | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Reynolds Enterprises, Inc. - Reynolds Construction, LLC (Harrisburg) | 77 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lehigh Valley Hospital | 9,463 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1200SCC | 6,531 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Air Products and Chemicals Inc.- Main Campus | 2,118 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LOCATION 48042 | 1,728 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Hillyard Co. - Montana | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Forney Ohio Warehouse | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Greenpoint Metals | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Grapevine | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Inner-Tite Corp. | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Huron Woods Nursing Center | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ohio Bridge Manufacturing | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Texas Heat Treating, Inc. | 77 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.