Books merchant wholesalers · Virginia

Salem Distribution Center

Salem, VA · ~156 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Salem Distribution Center runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Books merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Salem Distribution Center: 3.1 TCR = 140% of Books merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Salem Distribution Center safety composite

Salem Distribution Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Salem Distribution Center: 0.8 → 4.8 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 4.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.87× in 2021

Salem Distribution Center's TCR rose 4.0 from 0.8 in 2016 to 4.8 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424920 · Salem, VA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.1 · 140% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO Fox Chapel Publishin…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~156 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fox Chapel Publishing Company (0.2 TCR gap)

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Salem Distribution Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Salem Distribution Center averages 3.1 TCR (140% of the Books merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Salem Distribution Center TCR series: 2016=0.8 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=4.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Salem Distribution Center falls in its industry

57 Books merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Books merchant wholesalers employers in Virginia.

Salem Distribution Center (156 employees, TCR 3.1) among 25 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 191 employees and a TCR of 3.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 26 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 Salem Distribution Center
Salem Distribution Center (156 employees, TCR 3.1) among 25 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 191 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Salem 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
2021 4.8 2.7 9 0 0
2020 2.4 1.2 4 0 0
2019 4.5 4.5 7 0 0
2018 3.5 3.5 5 0 0
2017 2.3 2.3 3 0 0
2016 0.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424920 · VA · Salem

57 Books merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 134 employers in Salem, VA · 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 Fox Chapel Publishing Company 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR NewbornEnterprises 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4206-42060003-200000 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nebraska Book Company 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Silent-Aire Mission Critical Services 156 FTE
STATE-SIZE C280 Sandston PC 156 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ten Oaks LLC 156 FTE
STATE-SIZE Scholle IPN Chilhowie 156 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carter Machinery Company, Inc. 2,763 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lewis Gale Medical Center 1,159 FTE
CITY-NEAR Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia, LLC 770 FTE
CITY-NEAR LewisGale Medical Center 690 FTE
NAT-TCR BTA 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 21 - Downtown 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Navitor East - 0104-PAWA1 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Dutch Maid Logistics - Willard 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bannockburn 156 FTE
NAT-SIZE HYS 156 FTE
NAT-SIZE US TX Laporte 359A Old Underwood 156 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wave Crest Health and Rehabiltiation Center 156 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.