General-line groceries merchant wholesalers · California

E. G. Ayers Distributing Inc.

Eureka, CA · ~53 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

E. G. Ayers Distributing Inc. runs at 504% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General-line groceries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

E. G. Ayers Distributing Inc.: 11.1 TCR = 504% of General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

E. G. Ayers Distributing Inc. safety composite

E. G. Ayers Distributing Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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%).

E. G. Ayers Distributing Inc. held a steady TCR band

E. G. Ayers Distributing Inc.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 1.9 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 43.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.9 · 2017=4.6 · 2019=7.6 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=15.0 · 2022=43.1 · 2023=6.1 · 2024=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424410 · Eureka, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.1 · 504% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #107/140
  • PHOTO Restaurant Depot 801
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Restaurant Depot 801 (0.0 TCR gap)

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E. G. Ayers Distributing Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows E. G. Ayers Distributing Inc. averages 11.1 TCR (504% of the General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

E. G. Ayers Distributing Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2017=4.6 · 2019=7.6 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=15 · 2022=43.1 · 2023=6.1 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 2.2

Where E. G. Ayers Distributing Inc. falls in its industry

1,651 General-line groceries merchan establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #107 safest of 140 General-line groceries merchan employers in California.

E. G. Ayers Distributing Inc. (53 employees, TCR 11.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate E. G. Ayers Distributing Inc.
E. G. Ayers Distributing Inc. (53 employees, TCR 11.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1

E. G. Ayers Distributing Inc. has fewer employees than the General-line groceries merchant wholesal median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2023 6.1 3.0 2 0 0
2022 43.1 43.1 1 14 0
2021 15.0 15.0 1 5 0
2020 8.2 5.5 3 0 0
2019 7.6 5.7 4 0 0
2017 4.6 2.3 2 0 0
2016 1.9 1.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424410 · CA · Eureka

1,651 General-line groceries merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 96 employers in Eureka, 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 Restaurant Depot 801 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR OH-VALLE02 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR MI-LANSI01 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Newport Farms Inc 11.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE P-R Farms 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE LRC LABOR SERVICES INC 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Acemi Nursery 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ball Tagawa Growers 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 65 1,751 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA814 ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL EUREKA HR 1,210 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2004-00001430 1,116 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 407 701 FTE
NAT-TCR Forest Glen Health Campus 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Shasta Beverages Inc Tukwila 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Fairview Haven, Inc. 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Mt Clemens Sales Branch 11.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Commercial Contractors, Inc. 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE MCK Haviland 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Savannah Office 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Centek Industries Inc 53 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, 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.