Beverage bases merchant wholesalers · Iowa

Refreshment Services Inc

Name: Refreshment Services Inc Workplace Safety Data
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Burlington, IA · ~42 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.5
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Refreshment Services Inc runs at 430% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Beverage bases merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Refreshment Services Inc: 9.5 TCR = 430% of Beverage bases merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Refreshment Services Inc safety composite

Refreshment Services Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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).

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers
DART rate: F 7.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.3

2022→2023

Refreshment Services Inc injury rate improved

Refreshment Services Inc's TCR fell 3.3 from 11.1 in 2022 to 7.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=11.1 · 2023=7.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424490 · Burlington, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.5 · 430% of ind

DART 7.8 DART
RANK #13/18
PHOTO The Chefs Warehouse …
BOOK 2y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Chefs Warehouse West Coast, LLC. _Arizona (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Refreshment Services Inc averages 9.5 TCR (430% of the Beverage bases merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Refreshment Services Inc TCR series: 2022=11.1 · 2023=7.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Refreshment Services Inc falls in its industry

1,278 Beverage bases merchant wholes establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 18 Beverage bases merchant wholes employers in Iowa.

Refreshment Services Inc (42 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Refreshment Services Inc has fewer employees than the Beverage bases merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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
2023	7.8	7.8	3	0	0
2022	11.1	5.5	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424490 · IA · Burlington

1,278 Beverage bases merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 68 employers in Burlington, IA · 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	The Chefs Warehouse West Coast, LLC. _Arizona	PHOENIX, AZ	9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	C033 Zanesville	ZANESVILLE, OH	9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Jonesboro Coca-Cola	JONESBORO, AR	9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mt. Pocono Distribution Center	MT. POCONO, PA	9.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Centrum Valley West	CLARION	42 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ICF Goldfield	GOLDFIELD	42 FTE
STATE-SIZE	6728-00030023-33	WEBSTER CITY	42 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc - Dysart SPSC	DYSART	42 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Shearer's Foods - BUR	Burlington	727 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Shearer's Foods Burlington	Burlington	719 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Federal-Mogul Ignition Company Burlington Iowa Plant	Burlington	576 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CNH_Burlington	Burlington	576 FTE
NAT-TCR	McCoys Building Supply-Galveston	Galveston, TX	9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hilton Garden Inn Gainesville FL	Gainesville, GA	9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Alliance Distribution Inc	Dalton, GA	9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	JFM International	Willis, TX	9.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	The Homestead	Fallon, NV	42 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bergey's Retread Technologies	Sellersville, PA	42 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CJJ Farming, Inc	Santa Maria, CA	42 FTE
NAT-SIZE	S03196 - WM Grass Valley/Nevada City	Grass Valley, CA	42 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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