Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Matesich Distributing Co

Newark, OH · ~109 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Matesich Distributing Co runs at 269% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Matesich Distributing Co: 5.9 TCR = 269% of Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Matesich Distributing Co safety composite

Matesich Distributing Co scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

Matesich Distributing Co: 3.6 → 9.0 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 11.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.68× in 2024

Matesich Distributing Co's TCR rose 5.4 from 3.6 in 2016 to 9.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424810 · Newark, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.9 · 269% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #15/21
  • PHOTO Beer Capitol Distrib…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 50 inj
  • SIZE ~109 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Beer Capitol Distributing LLC - Sussex (0.0 TCR gap)

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Matesich Distributing Co in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Matesich Distributing Co averages 5.9 TCR (269% of the Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Matesich Distributing Co TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=5.8 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=11.8 · 2023=5 · 2024=9 · BLS 2.2

Where Matesich Distributing Co falls in its industry

664 Beverages, alcoholic (except d establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 21 Beverages, alcoholic (except d employers in Ohio.

Matesich Distributing Co (109 employees, TCR 5.9) 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 Matesich Distributing Co
Matesich Distributing Co (109 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 6.4

Matesich Distributing Co has more employees than the Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled s median and a lower 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
2024 9.0 4.0 9 0 0
2023 5.0 2.0 5 0 0
2022 11.8 3.9 12 0 0
2021 5.3 3.0 7 0 0
2020 5.8 2.9 6 0 0
2019 4.1 4.1 4 0 0
2018 2.7 2.7 3 0 0
2016 3.6 3.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424810 · OH · Newark

664 Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 76 employers in Newark, OH · 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 Beer Capitol Distributing LLC - Sussex 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 31st and Wharton 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 130 - Chesapeake 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Anheuser Busch Sales of Sylmar 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE GEM Industrial Inc - Ardagh/Project Bluewave 109 FTE
STATE-SIZE Don Wartko Construction, Inc. 109 FTE
STATE-SIZE All-Temp Refrigeration Inc 109 FTE
STATE-SIZE TFH-EB Inc. dba The Waterworks 109 FTE
CITY-NEAR Licking Memorial Hospital 1,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR Consumer Support Services 1,421 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owens Corning Neark Insulation Plant 530 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owens Corning 492 FTE
NAT-TCR Northbrook 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Story City 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sietsema Farms 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Store #3 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE PSC Industries - Maple Street 109 FTE
NAT-SIZE Paulo - Cleveland 109 FTE
NAT-SIZE KKR 109 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oregon Tool - KC Blades 109 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.