Warehouse & Distribution · North Carolina

Empire Distributors NC DURHAM

Durham, NC · ~158 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Empire Distributors NC DURHAM runs at 422% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Warehouse & Distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

Empire Distributors NC DURHAM: 9.3 TCR = 422% of Warehouse & Distribution BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Empire Distributors NC DURHAM safety composite

Empire Distributors NC DURHAM scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

−5.3

2016→2017

Empire Distributors NC DURHAM injury rate improved

Empire Distributors NC DURHAM's TCR fell 5.3 from 11.9 in 2016 to 6.6 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.9 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.9 · 2017=6.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424820 · Durham, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.3 · 422% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #26/27
  • PHOTO Dahlheimer Beverage
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~158 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dahlheimer Beverage (0.0 TCR gap)

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Empire Distributors NC DURHAM in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Empire Distributors NC DURHAM averages 9.3 TCR (422% of the Warehouse & Distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Empire Distributors NC DURHAM TCR series: 2016=11.9 · 2017=6.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Empire Distributors NC DURHAM falls in its industry

735 Warehouse & Distribution establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 27 Warehouse & Distribution employers in North Carolina.

Empire Distributors NC DURHAM (158 employees, TCR 9.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 109 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Empire Distributors NC DURHAM
Empire Distributors NC DURHAM (158 employees, TCR 9.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 109 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Empire Distributors NC DURHAM 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 6.6 3.6 13 0 0
2016 11.9 1.2 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424820 · NC · Durham

735 Warehouse & Distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 530 employers in Durham, NC · 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 Dahlheimer Beverage 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 711 YOUNG S MARKET-FRESNO 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Coho Distributing LLC - Canby 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Savannah Distributing Atlanta 9.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wayne Bailey Inc. 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Curtin Co. 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Construction 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Glen Raven Custom Fabrics LLC 158 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University 23,871 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University Hospital 11,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR BCBSNC Telecommuters 3,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wolfspeed - Durham, NC 3,013 FTE
NAT-TCR 213 Roanoke 9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Peapod S&S Mansfield, Ma 9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR South Boston (Masbo) 9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Wingate at West Springfield 9.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Logan Airport (Malog) 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kentucky View (Kyfou) 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE PHL - Airport United Airlines Offices 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE ECDC-JSB 158 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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