Medical supplies merchant wholesalers · Arkansas

National Distribution & Contracting, Inc/Preferred Medical

Conway, AR · ~55 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

National Distribution & Contracting, Inc/Preferred Medical runs at 113% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Medical supplies merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

National Distribution & Contracting, Inc/Preferred Medical: 2.5 TCR = 113% of Medical supplies merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

National Distribution & Contracting, Inc/Preferred Medical safety composite

National Distribution & Contracting, Inc/Preferred Medical scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.8

2018→2020

National Distribution & Contracting, Inc/Preferred Medical injury rate improved

National Distribution & Contracting, Inc/Preferred Medical's TCR fell 0.8 from 2.9 in 2018 to 2.1 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.9 · 2020=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423450 · Conway, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.5 · 113% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO reLink Medical
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: reLink Medical (0.0 TCR gap)

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National Distribution & Contracting, Inc/Preferred Medical in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows National Distribution & Contracting, Inc/Preferred Medical averages 2.5 TCR (113% of the Medical supplies merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

National Distribution & Contracting, Inc/Preferred Medical TCR series: 2018=2.9 · 2020=2.1 · BLS 2.2

Where National Distribution & Contracting, Inc/Preferred Medical falls in its industry

754 Medical supplies merchant whol establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Medical supplies merchant whol employers in Arkansas.

National Distribution & Contracting, Inc/Preferred Medical (55 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate National Distribution & Contracting, Inc/Preferred Medical
National Distribution & Contracting, Inc/Preferred Medical (55 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.0

National Distribution & Contracting, Inc/Preferred Medical has fewer employees than the Medical supplies merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2018 2.9 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423450 · AR · Conway

754 Medical supplies merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 124 employers in Conway, AR · 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 reLink Medical 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. - Duluth 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR NationsBenefits LLC Costa Mesa 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Veterinary Provisions 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Adams Gin 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Entergy Pine Bluff 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE KAJACS Contractors 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Systems Plant Services, Inc.- Columbus, MS SDI 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Conway Regional Health System 1,682 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nabholz Construction Corporation 1,267 FTE
CITY-NEAR Virco Manufacturing Corporation - Conway 501 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5 382 FTE
NAT-TCR Muskingum Residentials, Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mount de Sales High School Inc 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Buffalo MRF 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mishawaka Whse. 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Putco, Inc 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Acadian Millwork & Supply Co., Inc. 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Flight Line Ground Transportation Service 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Moorestown,NJ 55 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: 2020, 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.