Beer merchant wholesalers · Montana

Flathead Beverage Distribution

Kalispell, MT · ~34 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
23.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Flathead Beverage Distribution runs at 1055% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Beer merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Flathead Beverage Distribution: 23.2 TCR = 1055% of Beer merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Flathead Beverage Distribution safety composite

Flathead Beverage Distribution scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 0%), 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

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 23.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 22.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−0.8

2016→2017

Flathead Beverage Distribution injury rate improved

Flathead Beverage Distribution's TCR fell 0.8 from 23.6 in 2016 to 22.8 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 23.6 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=23.6 · 2017=22.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424810 · Kalispell, MT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 23.2 · 1055% of ind

  • DART 22.8 DART
  • RANK #5/5
  • PHOTO Coho Distributing LL…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Coho Distributing LLC Spokane (0.1 TCR gap)

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Flathead Beverage Distribution in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Flathead Beverage Distribution averages 23.2 TCR (1055% of the Beer merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Flathead Beverage Distribution TCR series: 2016=23.6 · 2017=22.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Flathead Beverage Distribution falls in its industry

664 Beer merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Montana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Beer merchant wholesalers employers in Montana.

Flathead Beverage Distribution (34 employees, TCR 23.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 6.4 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Flathead Beverage Distribution
Flathead Beverage Distribution (34 employees, TCR 23.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 6.4

Flathead Beverage Distribution has fewer employees than the Beer merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.4. 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 22.8 22.8 7 0 0
2016 23.6 20.2 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424810 · MT · Kalispell

664 Beer merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,536 rated employers in Montana with headcount on file · 117 employers in Kalispell, MT · 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 Coho Distributing LLC Spokane 23.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR LV 22.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR D-S Beverages, Inc. 23.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Union Beer Distributors - Secaucus 24.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Continental Resources - Baker, MT 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE HighMark Traffic Services, Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Missoula Brewing Company 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nevada Restaurant Services Inc., dba U1 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kalispell Regional Medical Center 2,715 FTE
CITY-NEAR Logan Health Medical Center (formerly Kalispell Regional Medical Center) 2,601 FTE
CITY-NEAR Logan Health (formerly Kalispell Regional Healthcare-System) 494 FTE
CITY-NEAR MTK01, Applied Materials, Semi Tool Main 406 FTE
NAT-TCR City of Savage 23.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Midwest Utility Services, LLC 23.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Wesley Haven Villa 23.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Daughters of Sarah Nursing Center 23.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Glenn E. Sessions & Sons 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Haley, Chisholm & Morris, Inc. 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Caliber, Inc 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1034 Southern York Co. School District 34 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.