Wire, insulated, merchant wholesalers · California

HWC LA Regional Distribution Center

Norwalk, CA · ~27 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HWC LA Regional Distribution Center runs at 162% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Wire, insulated, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

HWC LA Regional Distribution Center: 3.6 TCR = 162% of Wire, insulated, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HWC LA Regional Distribution Center safety composite

HWC LA Regional Distribution Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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 3.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.57 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%).

HWC LA Regional Distribution Center held a steady TCR band

HWC LA Regional Distribution Center's TCR held near 0.0 from 3.6 in 2018 to 3.6 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.6 · 2019=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423610 · Norwalk, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 162% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #78/134
  • PHOTO Fletcher-Reinhardt C…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fletcher-Reinhardt Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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HWC LA Regional Distribution Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HWC LA Regional Distribution Center averages 3.6 TCR (162% of the Wire, insulated, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

HWC LA Regional Distribution Center TCR series: 2018=3.6 · 2019=3.6 · BLS 2.2

Where HWC LA Regional Distribution Center falls in its industry

1,190 Wire, insulated, merchant whol establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #78 safest of 134 Wire, insulated, merchant whol employers in California.

HWC LA Regional Distribution Center (27 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate HWC LA Regional Distribution Center
HWC LA Regional Distribution Center (27 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4

HWC LA Regional Distribution Center has fewer employees than the Wire, insulated, merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2019 3.6 3.6 1 0 0
2018 3.6 3.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423610 · CA · Norwalk

1,190 Wire, insulated, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 67 employers in Norwalk, CA · 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 Fletcher-Reinhardt Company 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6340-CAPITALTRISTATE-001018_US_S0117 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hitachi Chemical Energy Technology - Americas Subsidiary 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main Office 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE HQ 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Medeiros Farms Vineyards 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE SAND RANCH 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE San Bernabe Vineyards 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Metropolitan State Hospital 1,782 FTE
CITY-NEAR Department of State Hospitals 1,475 FTE
CITY-NEAR Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder County Clerk 1,302 FTE
CITY-NEAR MEC Manufacturing LLC Norwalk 1,255 FTE
NAT-TCR Independence Tube Trinity 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Delta Air Lines - FNT 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Goodwill Industries of El Paso, Inc./ Fairbanks Store 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Freedom Square - IL 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Redfield plant 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Royal West - Shoemakersville 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Generaldie Casters Peninsula 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE State of Tennessee Department of General Services - Warehouse 27 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: 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.