Warehouse & Distribution · North Carolina

Empire Distributors NC WILMINGTON

Wilmington, NC · ~70 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Empire Distributors NC WILMINGTON runs at 399% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Warehouse & Distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

Empire Distributors NC WILMINGTON: 8.8 TCR = 399% of Warehouse & Distribution BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Empire Distributors NC WILMINGTON safety composite

Empire Distributors NC WILMINGTON scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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)
F 8.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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

−7.1

2016→2017

Empire Distributors NC WILMINGTON injury rate improved

Empire Distributors NC WILMINGTON's TCR fell 7.1 from 12.3 in 2016 to 5.2 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 12.3 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.3 · 2017=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424820 · Wilmington, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.8 · 399% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #24/27
  • PHOTO Milton's Distributin…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Milton's Distributing Co. LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Empire Distributors NC WILMINGTON in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Empire Distributors NC WILMINGTON averages 8.8 TCR (399% 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 WILMINGTON TCR series: 2016=12.3 · 2017=5.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Empire Distributors NC WILMINGTON falls in its industry

735 Warehouse & Distribution establishments

Safer than 16% 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 #24 safest of 27 Warehouse & Distribution employers in North Carolina.

Empire Distributors NC WILMINGTON (70 employees, TCR 8.8) 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 WILMINGTON
Empire Distributors NC WILMINGTON (70 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 109 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Empire Distributors NC WILMINGTON has fewer 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 5.2 2.1 5 0 0
2016 12.3 3.1 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424820 · NC · Wilmington

735 Warehouse & Distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 360 employers in Wilmington, 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 Milton's Distributing Co. LLC 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR RM Beverage Delaware 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Specs # 090 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4818-48180004-1800 EASTMAN AVE-WC 8.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE SHARP FARM INC 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jackson Farming Company 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE ACT Power Services, LLC 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center 6,890 FTE
CITY-NEAR New Hanover Regional Medical Center 4,768 FTE
CITY-NEAR GE Hitachi Nuclear Americas 1,975 FTE
CITY-NEAR New Hanover County Government 1,974 FTE
NAT-TCR Worcester (Mawor) 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Gainesville (Gahal) 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Holland - BU 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Leesville Auto 8.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Allied Waste, LLC - West Columbia, Sc 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gruber Industries, Inc 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE James River Work Center 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of South Hampton LLC 70 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.