Alcoholic beverages (except distilled spirits, wine) merchant wholesalers · California
Couch Distributing Watsonville
Watsonville, CA · ~166 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 25.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Couch Distributing Watsonville runs at 1148% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Alcoholic beverages (except distilled spirits, wine) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Couch Distributing Watsonville: 25.3 TCR = 1148% of Alcoholic beverages (except distilled spirits, wine) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Couch Distributing Watsonville safety composite
Couch Distributing Watsonville scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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).
22/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 25.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 0% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.81 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% 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
−13.3
2017→2019
Couch Distributing Watsonville injury rate improved
Couch Distributing Watsonville's TCR fell 13.3 from 31.3 in 2017 to 17.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 31.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=31.3 · 2018=26.6 · 2019=17.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424810 · Watsonville, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 25.3 · 1148% of ind
- DART 6.8 DART
- RANK #58/58
- PHOTO Tramonte Distributin…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 129 inj
- SIZE ~166 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Tramonte Distributing Company (0.4 TCR gap)
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Couch Distributing Watsonville in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Tramonte Distr
Tramonte Distributing Company
25.6 TCR
- This site
Couch Distributing Watsonville
25.3 TCR
- Union Beer Dis
Union Beer Distributors - Secaucus
24.6 TCR
- D-S Beverages,
D-S Beverages, Inc.
23.7 TCR
- Coho Distribut
Coho Distributing LLC Spokane
23.3 TCR
What this shows Couch Distributing Watsonville averages 25.3 TCR (1148% of the Alcoholic beverages (except distilled spirits, wine) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Couch Distributing Watsonville TCR series: 2017=31.3 · 2018=26.6 · 2019=17.9 · BLS 2.2
Where Couch Distributing Watsonville falls in its industry
664 Alcoholic beverages (except di establishmentsSafer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.4.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #58 safest of 58 Alcoholic beverages (except di employers in California.
Couch Distributing Watsonville has more employees than the Alcoholic beverages (except distilled sp 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 17.9 | 6.8 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 26.6 | 9.4 | 48 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 31.3 | 17.4 | 52 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424810 · CA · Watsonville
664 Alcoholic beverages (except distilled spirits, wine) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 111 employers in Watsonville, CA · 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 | Tramonte Distributing Company | 25.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Union Beer Distributors - Secaucus | 24.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | D-S Beverages, Inc. | 23.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Coho Distributing LLC Spokane | 23.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Kay Dix, Inc. | 166 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CLOVIS OFFICE | 166 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Stronghold Engineering, Inc. | 166 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Concrete North, Inc. | 166 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Corporate Office | 2,439 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Premiere Raspberries, LLC | 680 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Watsonville Community Hospital | 632 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Elkhorn Berry Farms LLC | 550 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Avenel Vending | 25.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Clifton Park Installations, LLC | 25.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Life Care Center of Wichita | 25.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Associated Milk Producers Inc (Hoven) | 25.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 1855-OKTUL07 | 166 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 6400-Swy 0027 2640 | 166 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tonawanda Facility | 166 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Covanta Honolulu Resource Recovery Venture, LLC | 166 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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