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

Dean Distributing, Inc. (Arbor Vitae)

Arbor Vitae, WI · ~35 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dean Distributing, Inc. (Arbor Vitae) runs at 310% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Dean Distributing, Inc. (Arbor Vitae): 6.8 TCR = 310% of Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dean Distributing, Inc. (Arbor Vitae) safety composite

Dean Distributing, Inc. (Arbor Vitae) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

Dean Distributing, Inc. (Arbor Vitae): 8.6 → 13.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 13.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.97× in 2024

Dean Distributing, Inc. (Arbor Vitae)'s TCR rose 4.7 from 8.6 in 2017 to 13.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424810 · Arbor Vitae, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 310% of ind

  • DART 6.6 DART
  • RANK #13/32
  • PHOTO Champagne Beverage C…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Champagne Beverage Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dean Distributing, Inc. (Arbor Vitae) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dean Distributing, Inc. (Arbor Vitae) averages 6.8 TCR (310% 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

Dean Distributing, Inc. (Arbor Vitae) TCR series: 2017=8.6 · 2018=10 · 2019=0 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=9.5 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=13.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Dean Distributing, Inc. (Arbor Vitae) falls in its industry

664 Beverages, alcoholic (except d establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 32 Beverages, alcoholic (except d employers in Wisconsin.

Dean Distributing, Inc. (Arbor Vitae) (35 employees, TCR 6.8) 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Dean Distributing, Inc. (Arbor Vitae)
Dean Distributing, Inc. (Arbor Vitae) (35 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 6.4

Dean Distributing, Inc. (Arbor Vitae) has fewer employees than the Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled s 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 13.3 6.6 3 1 0
2023 6.6 3.3 2 0 0
2022 3.2 0.0 1 0 0
2021 9.5 6.3 3 0 0
2020 3.3 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 10.0 10.0 3 0 0
2017 8.6 8.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424810 · WI · Arbor Vitae

664 Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 3 employers in Arbor Vitae, WI · 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 Champagne Beverage Company 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lee Beverage of WI LLC- Eau Claire 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wayne Densch, Inc 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hayden Beverage Company - Sun Valley 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience JVL1-JanesvilleWI 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eau Claire Energy Cooperative 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE C00280-Josheph Campbell CO Milwaukee WI 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rite Hite 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pukall Lumber Company Inc 103 FTE
CITY-NEAR Compassus N Wisconsin Arbor Vitae 24 FTE
NAT-TCR Commerce, CA 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lafayette 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Great Lakes Management GTHI Cottagewood Mankato 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR McDonald Air & Sheet Metal, Inc. 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE WWF 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midland Manufacturing Company 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stericycle - Hollister,CA 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE San Francisco 35 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.