Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers · Oregon

Columbia Distributing Portland

Portland, OR · ~660 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Columbia Distributing Portland runs at 145% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Columbia Distributing Portland: 3.2 TCR = 145% of Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Columbia Distributing Portland safety composite

Columbia Distributing Portland scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
C 3.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Columbia Distributing Portland: 2.4 → 4.0 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 4.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.13× in 2017

Columbia Distributing Portland's TCR rose 1.6 from 2.4 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424810 · Portland, OR ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.2 · 145% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #5/16
  • PHOTO Crescent Crown Distr…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 47 inj
  • SIZE ~660 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Crescent Crown Distributing, L.L.C. // New Orleans (0.0 TCR gap)

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Columbia Distributing Portland in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Columbia Distributing Portland averages 3.2 TCR (145% of the Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Columbia Distributing Portland TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=4 · BLS 2.2

Where Columbia Distributing Portland falls in its industry

664 Beverages, alcoholic (except d establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 16 Beverages, alcoholic (except d employers in Oregon.

Columbia Distributing Portland (660 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 6.4 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Columbia Distributing Portland
Columbia Distributing Portland (660 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 6.4

Columbia Distributing Portland has more employees than the Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled s median and a lower 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
2017 4.0 3.6 30 0 0
2016 2.4 2.4 17 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424810 · OR · Portland

664 Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 1,728 employers in Portland, OR · 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 Crescent Crown Distributing, L.L.C. // New Orleans 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Quality Brands of North Platte 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR St.Petersburg Great Bay Distributors 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Commerce Beverages 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE ASI Portland 660 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Corvallis 661 FTE
STATE-SIZE OSHA Log LPC T 657 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - EUG5 657 FTE
CITY-NEAR OHSU Main Campus 18,003 FTE
CITY-NEAR OR349 PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CTR-PORTLA 4,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR OR346 PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CTR-PORTLAND 3,684 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2252-00000530 3,498 FTE
NAT-TCR Allstate Power Vac Inc. Maintenance/Washbay/Trans 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Southeast Connections LLc ( Savannah, Georgia) 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Moreno Valley - Aldi 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0017 1202 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Norwood (Manor) 660 FTE
NAT-SIZE Longwood Center (Fllon) 660 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sonoma Cove 660 FTE
NAT-SIZE E2 Optics Corporate 660 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: 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.