Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers · North Carolina

Combs Wholesale Produce Company

Name: Combs Wholesale Produce Company Workplace Safety Data
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Winston Salem, NC · ~50 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 5.0
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Combs Wholesale Produce Company runs at 229% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Combs Wholesale Produce Company: 5.0 TCR = 229% of Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Combs Wholesale Produce Company safety composite

Combs Wholesale Produce Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 5.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers
DART rate: D 4.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

Combs Wholesale Produce Company: 3.8 → 6.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.93× in 2024

Combs Wholesale Produce Company's TCR rose 2.5 from 3.8 in 2023 to 6.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.93× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424480 · Winston Salem, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.0 · 229% of ind

DART 4.7 DART
RANK #5/9
PHOTO Ampco Distribution S…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ampco Distribution Services, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Combs Wholesale Produce Company averages 5.0 TCR (229% of the Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Combs Wholesale Produce Company TCR series: 2023=3.8 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Combs Wholesale Produce Company falls in its industry

369 Produce, fresh, merchant whole establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 9 Produce, fresh, merchant whole employers in North Carolina.

Combs Wholesale Produce Company (50 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 83 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Combs Wholesale Produce Company has fewer employees than the Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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	6.3	4.7	4	0	0
2023	3.8	3.8	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424480 · NC · Winston Salem

369 Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 255 employers in Winston Salem, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Ampco Distribution Services, LLC	LAWRENCEVILLE, GA	5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Jamestown	JAMESTOWN, ND	5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	James Desiderio, Inc.	BUFFALO, NY	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	04941-FP-Central California	TURLOCK, CA	5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Terrell and Johnny Williams	AUTRYVILLE	50 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wadesboro Hatchery / Transp	WADESBORO	50 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Northern Region Office (Cary)	CARY	50 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WEMC - Youngsville	YOUNGSVILLE	50 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WFBMC - Winston Campus	Winston Salem	13,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wake Forest University Health Sciences	Winston Salem	3,280 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Inmar - 9040 Team Support Center	Winston Salem	1,813 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Inmar - Team Support Center	Winston Salem	859 FTE
NAT-TCR	Giant 358	Severna Park, MD	5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Employment Services	Iowa City, IA	5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Stewart Glapat Corporation	Zanesville, OH	5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	MG Foods FL	Melbourne, FL	5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Atg - Chan	Chanhassen, MN	50 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dahlonega	Dahlonega, GA	50 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Glenshaw	Glenshaw, PA	50 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ziggy's Central Offices	Spokane, WA	50 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. 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.