Beverages, wine and distilled spirits, merchant wholesalers · New York
Empire Merchants, LLC - Astoria
Astoria, NY · ~507 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Empire Merchants, LLC - Astoria runs at 28% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Beverages, wine and distilled spirits, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.
Empire Merchants, LLC - Astoria: 0.6 TCR = 28% of Beverages, wine and distilled spirits, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Empire Merchants, LLC - Astoria safety composite
Empire Merchants, LLC - Astoria scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).
80/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.62 per 100 workers
Safer than 97% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.17 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% 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%).
Empire Merchants, LLC - Astoria held a steady TCR band
Empire Merchants, LLC - Astoria's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.0 in 2021 to 0.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=1.0 · 2022=0.2 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=0.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424820 · Astoria, NY AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 28% of ind
- DART 0.2 DART
- RANK #4/39
- PHOTO Winebow-CA, Benecia
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~507 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Winebow-CA, Benecia (0.0 TCR gap)
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Empire Merchants, LLC - Astoria in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- 4818-48180024-
4818-48180024-9320 FOCAL POINT-WC
0.7 TCR
- This site
Empire Merchants, LLC - Astoria
0.6 TCR
- Winebow-CA, Be
Winebow-CA, Benecia
0.6 TCR
- RM Beverage Di
RM Beverage Distributors
0.6 TCR
- William Grant
William Grant & Sons Inc. NYC Office
0.6 TCR
What this shows Empire Merchants, LLC - Astoria averages 0.6 TCR (28% of the Beverages, wine and distilled spirits, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Empire Merchants, LLC - Astoria TCR series: 2021=1 · 2022=0.2 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=0.7 · BLS 2.2
Where Empire Merchants, LLC - Astoria falls in its industry
735 Beverages, wine and distilled establishmentsSafer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 39 Beverages, wine and distilled employers in New York.
Empire Merchants, LLC - Astoria has more employees than the Beverages, wine and distilled spirits, m median and a lower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424820 · NY · Astoria
735 Beverages, wine and distilled spirits, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 55 employers in Astoria, NY · 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 | Winebow-CA, Benecia | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | RM Beverage Distributors | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | William Grant & Sons Inc. NYC Office | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 4818-48180024-9320 FOCAL POINT-WC | 0.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | BUFFALO KENSINGTON (NY36) | 507 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pactiv Canandaigua Manufacturing Plant | 507 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kodak Alaris Rochester NY | 507 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wegmans Ithaca 071 | 507 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mount Sinai Queens | 1,272 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6091-SS022 | 442 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | New York Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing | 306 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hallets Cove | 305 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Wholesale Electric Supply Co of Houston Inc | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Zartman Construction, Inc. | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Glacier Fish Company LLC | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Louth Callan Renewables LLC | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center | 507 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | GKN Automotive- Alamance | 507 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Macom Technology Solutions | 507 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Translogic Corporation dba Swisslog Healthcare | 507 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.