Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers · North Carolina

Shuler Meats Inc

Thomasville, NC · ~108 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Shuler Meats Inc runs at 239% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Shuler Meats Inc: 5.3 TCR = 239% of Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shuler Meats Inc safety composite

Shuler Meats Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 93% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% 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

−5.7

2018→2023

Shuler Meats Inc injury rate improved

Shuler Meats Inc's TCR fell 5.7 from 8.5 in 2018 to 2.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=8.5 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=8.9 · 2023=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424410 · Thomasville, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.3 · 239% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #29/54
  • PHOTO SERV-U-SUCCESS
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~108 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SERV-U-SUCCESS (0.0 TCR gap)

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Shuler Meats Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Shuler Meats Inc averages 5.3 TCR (239% of the Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Shuler Meats Inc TCR series: 2018=8.5 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=8.9 · 2023=2.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Shuler Meats Inc falls in its industry

1,651 Groceries, general-line, merch establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 54 Groceries, general-line, merch employers in North Carolina.

Shuler Meats Inc (108 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Shuler Meats Inc
Shuler Meats Inc (108 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Shuler Meats Inc has fewer employees than the Groceries, general-line, merchant wholes median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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 2.8 0.0 3 0 0
2020 8.9 8.9 5 5 0
2019 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2018 8.5 8.5 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424410 · NC · Thomasville

1,651 Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 142 employers in Thomasville, NC · 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 SERV-U-SUCCESS 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sysco Eastern Maryland 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR UNFI Rocklin DC 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Core-Mark International, Inc. 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE County of Harnett-Public Utilities 108 FTE
STATE-SIZE Samet Corporation - Charlotte 108 FTE
STATE-SIZE Seretta Construction Mid-Atlantic, LLC 108 FTE
STATE-SIZE Carrier Commercial Services (Charlotte) 108 FTE
CITY-NEAR MRT-ODFL 1,091 FTE
CITY-NEAR CPT-ODFL 908 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center 725 FTE
CITY-NEAR ATL-ODFL 600 FTE
NAT-TCR 77 Park Street 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Grasseschi Plumbing and Heating Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Paul's Electrical Contracting 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Hyatt Regency Bethesda 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Vinyard Fruit & Vegetable Company 108 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stellar Contracting Inc. 108 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trivector Manufacturing 108 FTE
NAT-SIZE BT St Rose - New Orleans 108 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, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.