Ties, wood, merchant wholesalers · Maine
NRF Distributors Old Belgrade Road
Augusta, ME · ~291 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 5.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
NRF Distributors Old Belgrade Road runs at 245% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ties, wood, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 5.4
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 32
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares NRF Distributors Old Belgrade Road's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
NRF Distributors Old Belgrade Road's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.2 industry benchmark.
Where NRF Distributors Old Belgrade Road falls in its industry
410 Ties, wood, merchant wholesale establishmentsSafer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.
NRF Distributors Old Belgrade Road has an average TCR of 5.4, which is 245% of the industry average (2.2) for Ties, wood, merchant wholesalers. This is significantly worse than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for NRF Distributors Old Belgrade Road
Between 2019 and 2021, NRF Distributors Old Belgrade Road's Total Case Rate improved from 6.3 to 4.5 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 28% decrease across 2 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2021, at a TCR of 4.5, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 6.3, a spread of 1.7 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, NRF Distributors Old Belgrade Road recorded 32 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from NRF Distributors Old Belgrade Road's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 423990 - Ties, wood, merchant wholesalers.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2021)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
12 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 530,929 hours worked = 4.52 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| NRF Distributors Old Belgrade Road (this establishment) | 5.38 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Maine state avg (all industries) | 7.33 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by NRF Distributors Old Belgrade Road to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2021: 12 reportable incidents · 12 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 20 reportable incidents · 20 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on NRF Distributors Old Belgrade Road's reported OSHA injury record versus its Ties, wood, merchant wholesalers peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 245% of the Ties, wood, merchant wholesalers benchmark, NRF Distributors Old Belgrade Road reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
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