Books merchant wholesalers · Texas

ReaderLink Southern Distribution Center

Denton, TX · ~182 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ReaderLink Southern Distribution Center runs at 159% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Books merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

ReaderLink Southern Distribution Center: 3.5 TCR = 159% of Books merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ReaderLink Southern Distribution Center safety composite

ReaderLink Southern Distribution Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

C

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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

−4.4

2023→2024

ReaderLink Southern Distribution Center injury rate improved

ReaderLink Southern Distribution Center's TCR fell 4.4 from 5.7 in 2023 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=5.7 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424920 · Denton, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 159% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK P53
  • PHOTO Baker & Taylor Momence
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~182 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Baker & Taylor Momence (0.0 TCR gap)

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ReaderLink Southern Distribution Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ReaderLink Southern Distribution Center averages 3.5 TCR (159% of the Books merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

ReaderLink Southern Distribution Center TCR series: 2023=5.7 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 2.2

Where ReaderLink Southern Distribution Center falls in its industry

57 Books merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
ReaderLink Southern Distribution Center (182 employees, TCR 3.5) among 26 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 191 employees and a TCR of 3.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 27 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate ReaderLink Southern Distribution Center
ReaderLink Southern Distribution Center (182 employees, TCR 3.5) among 26 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 191 employees and a TCR of 3.8

ReaderLink Southern Distribution Center has fewer employees than the Books merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 1.3 1.3 2 0 0
2023 5.7 5.7 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424920 · TX · Denton

57 Books merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 211 employers in Denton, TX · 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 Baker & Taylor Momence 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Barnes and Noble Distribution Center 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ogden Distribution Center 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4206-00950003-950000 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE STEC Nursery 182 FTE
STATE-SIZE Baytown, TX (Frac XII) 182 FTE
STATE-SIZE LBR LGV 182 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tony Bagliore Concrete 182 FTE
CITY-NEAR Peterbilt Paccar 2,843 FTE
CITY-NEAR Peterbilt Motors Company 2,095 FTE
CITY-NEAR Texas Health Denton 1,091 FTE
CITY-NEAR 060 Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton 1,040 FTE
NAT-TCR 139 Kirkwood 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Kydal - 6200 New Cut Road 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Camrl - Mira Loma Operations 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Art Craft Paint Inc 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Watum - Tumwater 182 FTE
NAT-SIZE New Jersey Performing Arts Center 182 FTE
NAT-SIZE Knox County Association for Remarkable Citizens 182 FTE
NAT-SIZE ShopRite of Kingston 182 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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