Alcoholic beverages, wine and distilled spirits merchant wholesalers · New York
Empire Merchants, LLC
Brooklyn, NY · ~1,345 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Empire Merchants, LLC runs at 463% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Alcoholic beverages, wine and distilled spirits merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Empire Merchants, LLC: 10.2 TCR = 463% of Alcoholic beverages, wine and distilled spirits merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Empire Merchants, LLC safety composite
Empire Merchants, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).
25/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.19 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.84 per 100 workers
Safer than 22% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Empire Merchants, LLC: 7.8 → 10.6 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 12.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.57× in 2020
Empire Merchants, LLC's TCR rose 2.8 from 7.8 in 2016 to 10.6 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424820 · Brooklyn, NY ABOVE-IND · LARGE
Grade F · TCR 10.2 · 463% of ind
- DART 5.8 DART
- RANK #30/39
- PHOTO 4818-WASE
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 514 inj
- SIZE ~1,345 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 4818-WASE (0.1 TCR gap)
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Empire Merchants, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Breakthru Beve
Breakthru Beverage Minnesota
10.3 TCR
- RNDC Oklahoma
RNDC Oklahoma
10.3 TCR
- This site
Empire Merchants, LLC
10.2 TCR
- 4818-WASE
4818-WASE
10.2 TCR
- 4818-48180025-
4818-48180025-3350 4TH ST. EAST-WC
10.1 TCR
What this shows Empire Merchants, LLC averages 10.2 TCR (463% of the Alcoholic beverages, wine and distilled spirits merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Empire Merchants, LLC TCR series: 2016=7.8 · 2018=12.4 · 2019=10 · 2020=10.6 · BLS 2.2
Where Empire Merchants, LLC falls in its industry
735 Alcoholic beverages, wine and establishmentsSafer than 11% 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 #30 safest of 39 Alcoholic beverages, wine and employers in New York.
Empire Merchants, LLC has more employees than the Alcoholic beverages, wine and distilled 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 10.6 | 5.8 | 117 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 130 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 12.4 | 5.4 | 161 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7.8 | 4.5 | 106 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424820 · NY · Brooklyn
735 Alcoholic beverages, wine and distilled spirits merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 941 employers in Brooklyn, 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 | 4818-WASE | 10.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Breakthru Beverage Minnesota | 10.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | RNDC Oklahoma | 10.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 4818-48180025-3350 4TH ST. EAST-WC | 10.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Riedman | 1,344 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | D-JFK | 1,340 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 440 Location | 1,340 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Catholic Health System | 1,338 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | EDI - Brooklyn 946 | 9,270 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | S & A Unified Home Care, Inc. | 7,782 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Maimonides Medical Center | 6,641 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn | 5,690 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Summit Erosion Control | 10.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | DEN | 10.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mondelez Glastonbury | 10.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | New Hampton Crop Location | 10.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | San Gabriel Hub (Casga) | 1,345 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Grand Rapids Hub (Migrn) | 1,345 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CC Administrative Campus | 1,345 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | York Vehicle Operations | 1,345 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.