General-line groceries merchant wholesalers · Iowa

Martin Bros Distribution Co., Inc.

Name: Martin Bros Distribution Co., Inc. Workplace Safety Data
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Cedar Falls, IA · ~652 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 5.1
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Martin Bros Distribution Co., Inc. runs at 232% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General-line groceries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Martin Bros Distribution Co., Inc.: 5.1 TCR = 232% of General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Martin Bros Distribution Co., Inc. safety composite

Martin Bros Distribution Co., Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 5.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers
DART rate: D 4.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Martin Bros Distribution Co., Inc.: 4.4 → 5.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.96× in 2024

Martin Bros Distribution Co., Inc.'s TCR rose 1.5 from 4.4 in 2023 to 5.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424410 · Cedar Falls, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.1 · 232% of ind

DART 4.9 DART
RANK #4/17
PHOTO Cumberland MD
BOOK 2y book
INJ 67 inj
SIZE ~652 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cumberland MD (0.0 TCR gap)

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5.1
Cumberland MD

5.1
IN-HAMMO01

5.1
Reinhart - Kno

5.1
UNFI - Greenwo

5.1

What this shows Martin Bros Distribution Co., Inc. averages 5.1 TCR (232% of the General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Martin Bros Distribution Co., Inc. TCR series: 2023=4.4 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Martin Bros Distribution Co., Inc. falls in its industry

1,651 General-line groceries merchan establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 17 General-line groceries merchan employers in Iowa.

Martin Bros Distribution Co., Inc. (652 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Martin Bros Distribution Co., Inc. has more employees than the General-line groceries merchant wholesal median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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	5.8	4.9	32	6	0
2023	4.4	3.3	35	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424410 · IA · Cedar Falls

1,651 General-line groceries merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 88 employers in Cedar Falls, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Cumberland MD	CUMBERLAND, MD	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	IN-HAMMO01	HAMMOND, IN	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Reinhart - Knoxville - 0570	LOUISVILLE, TN	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	UNFI - Greenwood, INC DC	GREENWOOD, IN	5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Smithfield Sioux city	SIOUX CITY	651 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pella Corporation - Carroll Operations	CARROLL	653 FTE
STATE-SIZE	182414-DES MOINES IA P&DC	DES MOINES	654 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Storm Lake Turkey Plant	STORM LAKE	649 FTE
CITY-NEAR	John Deere Waterloo Works Product Engineering Center	Cedar Falls	1,508 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0590 - Cedar Falls IA DC	Cedar Falls	1,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0590 - Cedar Falls DC	Cedar Falls	936 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Western Home Services	Cedar Falls	752 FTE
NAT-TCR	Family Food Products, Inc.	Bensalem, PA	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cahar - Hayward Freight Forwarding	Hayward, CA	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ncroc - Rocky Mount	Rocky Mount, NC	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tate's Bake Shop	East Moriches, NY	5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Pabtn - Allentown	Bethlehem, PA	652 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Irving Plant	Irving, TX	652 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Molex Kingbird	Lincoln, NE	652 FTE
NAT-SIZE	LAZ Florida Parking, LLC	Hartford, CT	652 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: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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