General merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers · Texas

RC Taylor Distributing

Name: RC Taylor Distributing Workplace Safety Data
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Lubbock, TX · ~96 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

RC Taylor Distributing runs at 234% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

RC Taylor Distributing: 5.1 TCR = 234% of General merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

RC Taylor Distributing safety composite

RC Taylor Distributing scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

RC Taylor Distributing: 3.8 → 6.5 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 6.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.75× in 2017

RC Taylor Distributing's TCR rose 2.6 from 3.8 in 2016 to 6.5 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423990 · Lubbock, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.1 · 234% of ind

DART 3.9 DART
RANK #10/14
PHOTO 2M Company Inc. - Bi…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~96 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2M Company Inc. - Billings (0.0 TCR gap)

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080-NBH-CHARLO

5.2
SDO

5.2
This site

5.1
2M Company Inc

5.1
ABCO - Corpora

5.1

What this shows RC Taylor Distributing averages 5.1 TCR (234% of the General merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

RC Taylor Distributing TCR series: 2016=3.8 · 2017=6.5 · BLS 2.2

Where RC Taylor Distributing falls in its industry

322 General merchandise, durable g establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 14 General merchandise, durable g employers in Texas.

RC Taylor Distributing (96 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.0

RC Taylor Distributing has more employees than the General merchandise, durable goods, merc median and a higher 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
2017	6.5	3.9	5	0	0
2016	3.8	1.3	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423990 · TX · Lubbock

322 General merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 482 employers in Lubbock, TX · 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	2M Company Inc. - Billings	BILLINGS, MT	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	080-NBH-CHARLOTTE	CHARLOTTE, NC	5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ABCO - Corporate	CLEVELAND, OH	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SDO	SAN DIEGO, CA	5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	3110 N I35 ROUND ROCK TX	ROUND ROCK	96 FTE
STATE-SIZE	TECO Central Plant	HOUSTON	96 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Oates Industries, Inc.	LA PORTE	96 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Layne Christensen - 1800 Hughes Landing Blvd	THE WOODLANDS	96 FTE
CITY-NEAR	A01 Covenant Medical Center	Lubbock	3,178 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2004-20049000	Lubbock	2,269 FTE
CITY-NEAR	FALCON HEALTHCARE INC DBA INTERIM HEALTHCARE	Lubbock	2,046 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Covenant Health System	Lubbock	1,761 FTE
NAT-TCR	Peapod S&S Norwalk, Ct	Norwalk, CT	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc - Melrose Park	Melrose Park, IL	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Brookdale Arlington	Arlington, VA	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Palm Springs (Capal)	Palm Springs, CA	5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Peapod S&S East Hartford, Ct	East Hartford, CT	96 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Acuity Brands Lighting MWDC	Hanover Park, IL	96 FTE
NAT-SIZE	3311 Capital Boulevard	Raleigh, NC	96 FTE
NAT-SIZE	South Windsor - Aldi	South Windsor, CT	96 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.