Warehouse & Distribution · North Carolina

Empire Distributors NC ASHEVILLE

Name: Empire Distributors NC ASHEVILLE Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Mills River, NC · ~126 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.7
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Empire Distributors NC ASHEVILLE runs at 303% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Warehouse & Distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

Empire Distributors NC ASHEVILLE: 6.7 TCR = 303% of Warehouse & Distribution BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Empire Distributors NC ASHEVILLE safety composite

Empire Distributors NC ASHEVILLE scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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).

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers
DART rate: D 3.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−4.0

2016→2017

Empire Distributors NC ASHEVILLE injury rate improved

Empire Distributors NC ASHEVILLE's TCR fell 4.0 from 8.6 in 2016 to 4.7 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.6 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.6 · 2017=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424820 · Mills River, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 303% of ind

DART 3.1 DART
RANK #19/27
PHOTO Imperial Beverage
BOOK 2y book
INJ 13 inj
SIZE ~126 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Imperial Beverage (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.7
Imperial Bever

6.7
RNDC Brownstow

6.7
Gallo Wine Sal

6.7
Empire Distrib

6.6

What this shows Empire Distributors NC ASHEVILLE averages 6.7 TCR (303% of the Warehouse & Distribution BLS benchmark).

Empire Distributors NC ASHEVILLE TCR series: 2016=8.6 · 2017=4.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Empire Distributors NC ASHEVILLE falls in its industry

735 Warehouse & Distribution establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

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 #19 safest of 27 Warehouse & Distribution employers in North Carolina.

Empire Distributors NC ASHEVILLE (126 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 109 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Empire Distributors NC ASHEVILLE has more employees than the Warehouse & Distribution median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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	4.7	3.1	6	0	0
2016	8.6	3.7	7	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424820 · NC · Mills River

735 Warehouse & Distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 33 employers in Mills River, 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	Imperial Beverage	KALAMAZOO, MI	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	RNDC Brownstown	BROWNSTOWN, MI	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Gallo Wine Sales of NJ Inc.	ELIZABETH, NJ	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Empire Distributors ATLANTA	ATLANTA, GA	6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Airtron Charlotte	CHARLOTTE	126 FTE
STATE-SIZE	3870_7378	RALEIGH	126 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Plant 11	SALISBURY	126 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Veneer Tech	NEWPORT	126 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Linamar Light Metals-MR	Mills River	566 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mills River	Mills River	372 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UPM Raflatac Mills River	Mills River	280 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UPM Raflatac, Inc	Mills River	259 FTE
NAT-TCR	C.L. Smith Industrial Company	Arnold, MO	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	120 Rider Avenue PCH Operating Company, LP	Lancaster, PA	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Atlantic Spring	Ringoes, NJ	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bristol (Vabri)	Bristol, VA	6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Atlanta 04 Bondo	Atlanta, GA	126 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Semrock Inc.	Rochester, NY	126 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Stop & Shop 0430	Bellingham, MA	126 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Legends - Circle Line Cruises	New York, NY	126 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.