Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers · Florida

South Dade Lighting, Inc.

Miami, FL · ~41 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

South Dade Lighting, Inc. runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

South Dade Lighting, Inc.: 3.7 TCR = 167% of Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South Dade Lighting, Inc. safety composite

South Dade Lighting, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).

F

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

South Dade Lighting, Inc.: 2.3 → 5.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.38× in 2024

South Dade Lighting, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.8 from 2.3 in 2023 to 5.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423610 · Miami, FL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.7 · 167% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK #40/58
  • PHOTO Columbia Electric Su…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Columbia Electric Supply (PC0755) (0.0 TCR gap)

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South Dade Lighting, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows South Dade Lighting, Inc. averages 3.7 TCR (167% of the Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

South Dade Lighting, Inc. TCR series: 2023=2.3 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 2.2

Where South Dade Lighting, Inc. falls in its industry

1,190 Alarm apparatus, electric, mer establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 58 Alarm apparatus, electric, mer employers in Florida.

South Dade Lighting, Inc. (41 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate South Dade Lighting, Inc.
South Dade Lighting, Inc. (41 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4

South Dade Lighting, Inc. has fewer employees than the Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant whol median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 5.1 5.1 2 0 0
2023 2.3 2.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423610 · FL · Miami

1,190 Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 1,467 employers in Miami, FL · 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 Columbia Electric Supply (PC0755) 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Anixter- Alsip 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR All-Phase Electric Supply (PC0952) 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Werner Electric Supply - Appleton 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oceans, Reefs & Aquariums, LLC 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE CO1 Cocoa Service Center 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Odessa Transmission Operations 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eagle Trace 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4795-AA-MIA-MIAMI-MIA-TRML 9,259 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Hospital of Miami Inc. 6,876 FTE
CITY-NEAR MIACX0UPS MIA UPS 3,101 FTE
CITY-NEAR Office of Field Operations - Miami 2,879 FTE
NAT-TCR Montvale 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Chicago 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sportsman Boats 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Community Foundations 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE R&S Construction Services Inc. 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Torbett 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hainesport Transportation Group 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Salina Service Center 41 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.