Pharmaceuticals merchant wholesalers · North Carolina

The North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company

Durham, NC · ~155 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

The North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company runs at 168% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pharmaceuticals merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

The North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company: 3.7 TCR = 168% of Pharmaceuticals merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company safety composite

The North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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).

D

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.5

2016→2017

The North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company injury rate improved

The North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company's TCR fell 0.5 from 3.9 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.9 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.9 · 2017=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424210 · Durham, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.7 · 168% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #17/23
  • PHOTO 3495-10D8164
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~155 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 3495-10D8164 (0.0 TCR gap)

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The North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company averages 3.7 TCR (168% of the Pharmaceuticals merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

The North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company TCR series: 2016=3.9 · 2017=3.5 · BLS 2.2

Where The North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company falls in its industry

514 Pharmaceuticals merchant whole establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 23 Pharmaceuticals merchant whole employers in North Carolina.

The North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company (155 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 106 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 02004006008001,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate The North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company
The North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company (155 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 106 employees and a TCR of 2.9

The North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company has more employees than the Pharmaceuticals merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2017 3.5 1.4 3 2 0
2016 3.9 3.3 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424210 · NC · Durham

514 Pharmaceuticals merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 530 employers in Durham, 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 3495-10D8164 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sysco Guest Supply LLC. (Garland, TX) 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 14524 WEBCO HAWAII, INC 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gilchrist & Soames - Plainfield, Indiana 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE BU 3433 - I-440 Beltline Widen-Wake Cnty 155 FTE
STATE-SIZE Downlite 155 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Fraser, Armour 155 FTE
STATE-SIZE Silverlake Facility 155 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University 23,871 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University Hospital 11,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR BCBSNC Telecommuters 3,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wolfspeed - Durham, NC 3,013 FTE
NAT-TCR Chase Brass and Copper Company, LLC. 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Richmond (Varmd) 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Miami Gateway (Flimi) 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR The Whittier Pavilion 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Harrisburg Distribution Center 155 FTE
NAT-SIZE Foodservice Supply Smyrna 155 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gas Power Systems : Metem - Parsippany, NJ, USA 155 FTE
NAT-SIZE Supply Chain : Dayton, OH - Systems 155 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.