Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers · Texas
Southern Distributing Co. Inc.
Laredo, TX · ~91 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 12.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Southern Distributing Co. Inc. runs at 572% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Southern Distributing Co. Inc.: 12.6 TCR = 572% of Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Southern Distributing Co. Inc. safety composite
Southern Distributing Co. Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 12.59 per 100 workers
Safer than 9% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 17.86 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Southern Distributing Co. Inc.: 2.5 → 23.1 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 23.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.42× in 2023
Southern Distributing Co. Inc.'s TCR rose 20.6 from 2.5 in 2019 to 23.1 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424810 · Laredo, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 12.6 · 572% of ind
- DART 17.9 DART
- RANK #80/82
- PHOTO Capitol Beverage Com…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 43 inj
- SIZE ~91 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Capitol Beverage Company (0.0 TCR gap)
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Southern Distributing Co. Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- General Beer N
General Beer Northeast Central
12.8 TCR
- LSB - Arlingto
LSB - Arlington Hts
12.7 TCR
- This site
Southern Distributing Co. Inc.
12.6 TCR
- Capitol Bevera
Capitol Beverage Company
12.6 TCR
- K and Z Distri
K and Z Distributing LLC
12.4 TCR
What this shows Southern Distributing Co. Inc. averages 12.6 TCR (572% of the Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Southern Distributing Co. Inc. TCR series: 2019=2.5 · 2021=10.2 · 2022=14.6 · 2023=23.1 · BLS 2.2
Where Southern Distributing Co. Inc. falls in its industry
664 Beverages, alcoholic (except d establishmentsSafer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.4.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #80 safest of 82 Beverages, alcoholic (except d employers in Texas.
Southern Distributing Co. Inc. has fewer employees than the Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled s median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.4. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 23.1 | 17.9 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14.6 | 9.0 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 10.2 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424810 · TX · Laredo
664 Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 245 employers in Laredo, 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 | Capitol Beverage Company | 12.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | LSB - Arlington Hts | 12.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | K and Z Distributing LLC | 12.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | General Beer Northeast Central | 12.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | South Texas Oilfield Solutions, LLC | 91 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Quadvest LP | 91 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | D.R. Horton, Inc. - North Central Texas | 91 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Leyendecker Builders & Contractors, Inc. | 91 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Office of Field Operations - Laredo | 3,395 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | U.S. Border Patrol Sector - Laredo | 1,775 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2576-21080000-21080 | 748 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2576-62 | 672 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Two Men and a Truck - New Brighton | 12.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | HG266 | 12.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Atlanta Kitchen - Decatur | 12.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1855-AHSCM09 | 12.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Otis Elevator Company-Columbus | 91 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Unit #0288 | 91 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Unit #1874 | 91 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Unit #1936 | 91 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.