Alcoholic beverages, wine and distilled spirits merchant wholesalers · Massachusetts
Merrimack Valley Distributing
Danvers, MA · ~119 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 23.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Merrimack Valley Distributing runs at 1062% 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.
Merrimack Valley Distributing: 23.4 TCR = 1062% of Alcoholic beverages, wine and distilled spirits merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Merrimack Valley Distributing safety composite
Merrimack Valley Distributing scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).
13/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 23.36 per 100 workers
Safer than 0% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 19.83 per 100 workers
Safer than 0% 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
Merrimack Valley Distributing: 18.0 → 24.0 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 31.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.85× in 2020
Merrimack Valley Distributing's TCR rose 6.0 from 18.0 in 2016 to 24.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 31.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424820 · Danvers, MA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 23.4 · 1062% of ind
- DART 19.8 DART
- RANK #9/9
- PHOTO 4609-708
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 129 inj
- SIZE ~119 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 4609-708 (0.3 TCR gap)
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Merrimack Valley Distributing in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Empire Merchan
Empire Merchants, LLC - Brooklyn
24.4 TCR
- This site
Merrimack Valley Distributing
23.4 TCR
- 4609-708
4609-708
23.1 TCR
- Colonial Whole
Colonial Wholesale Beverage Corporation
22.8 TCR
- 708 YOUNG S MA
708 YOUNG S MARKET-CHINO
21.9 TCR
What this shows Merrimack Valley Distributing averages 23.4 TCR (1062% of the Alcoholic beverages, wine and distilled spirits merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Merrimack Valley Distributing TCR series: 2016=18 · 2017=18.5 · 2018=24.7 · 2019=31.6 · 2020=24 · BLS 2.2
Where Merrimack Valley Distributing falls in its industry
735 Alcoholic beverages, wine and establishmentsSafer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 9 Alcoholic beverages, wine and employers in Massachusetts.
Merrimack Valley Distributing 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 | 24.0 | 19.8 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 31.6 | 30.7 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 24.7 | 23.8 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 18.0 | 16.3 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424820 · MA · Danvers
735 Alcoholic beverages, wine and distilled spirits merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 119 employers in Danvers, MA · 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 | 4609-708 | 23.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Colonial Wholesale Beverage Corporation | 22.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Empire Merchants, LLC - Brooklyn | 24.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 708 YOUNG S MARKET-CHINO | 21.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Berkshire Gas Company | 119 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Adtech Systems LLC | 119 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Holyoke Massachusetts | 119 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | N.B. Kenney Co., Inc | 119 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Abiomed, Inc. (Danvers HQ) | 1,915 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northeast Arc | 1,016 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Medtronic-CVG | 964 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Millipore Sigma 17 Cherry Hill Drive Danvers | 943 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Ainsworth Brown County Care Center | 23.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | National Coney Island - Macomb Twp. | 23.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CMS Home Care Oeste | 23.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 6957-PVD | 23.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Michels Power- CT | 119 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Village at Northrise | 119 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Patriot, a Choice Community | 119 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Nelnet - Burleson | 119 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.