Industry profile · NAICS 423920

Fireworks merchant wholesalers

Workplace injury rates across 70 OSHA-reporting establishments in this industry, 2016–2024.

70
Employers
4.0
Avg TCR
2.2
BLS benchmark
708
Injuries

The industry picture

Employers in Fireworks merchant wholesalers average 4.0 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 1.8 times the BLS national benchmark of 2.2.

4.0
avg TCR · reporting employers
2.2
BLS national benchmark
70
employers reporting
708
recordable injuries

OSHA-reporting establishments skew toward larger, higher-hazard sites, so the reporting average runs above the BLS all-establishment benchmark.

What Fireworks merchant wholesalers Safety Data Reveals

The Fireworks merchant wholesalers sector (NAICS 423920) encompasses 70 distinct employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Across this cohort, workers have logged 708 recordable injuries during the 2016–2024 reporting window, producing an industry-weighted average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 4.0 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year. Because OSHA's ITA mandates submission from establishments with 250+ employees plus all high-hazard industries at 20+ employees, this dataset represents a structural slice of U.S. workplace risk rather than a voluntary sample.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a separate national benchmark TCR of 2.2 for this NAICS code, derived from the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Comparing the two, the ITA-reported rate of 4.0 is higher than the BLS benchmark, a gap that typically widens when the industry contains many large, high-exposure establishments required to file ITA reports. Employers in the table below are sorted so you can see how far individual establishments deviate from both the industry average and the national benchmark.

The practical value of industry-level safety data is threefold. First, jobseekers can gauge whether a prospective employer is better or worse than its industry peers, not just absolute injury counts, which tilt toward larger payrolls. Second, insurers and workers' compensation carriers use sector TCR as a baseline for experience-modification adjustments. Third, safety professionals benchmark their own programs against the cohort median. Use the grade-sorted employer list below to identify specific establishments within Fireworks merchant wholesalers that outperform or underperform the sector average, and click through to each record for year-by-year injury, illness, and fatality breakdowns.

Employers in this industry, by injury rate

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Employer LocationGradeAvg TCR
BMI Merchandise LAKEWOOD, NJ F 11.4
Spirit of '76 Fireworks COLUMBIA, MO F 10.1
Branch Plant Marion IN MARION, IN F 9.3
Eldorado BROOMFIELD, CO F 9.3
Ludo Fact USA LLC LAFAYETTE, IN F 8.8
Southern Hobby Distribution-CHI GLENDALE HEIGTHS, IL F 8.7
Horizon Hobby, LLC (Ontario, CA) ONTARIO, CA F 7.9
Phantom Importing and Distributing, LLC WARREN, OH F 7.6
Melissa & Doug, LLC (NJ Site) MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ F 7.6
Melissa & Doug, LLC TRACY, CA F 6.8
Horizon Hobby LLC (Proline) BANNING, CA F 6.6
Jake's Fireworks Pittsburg PITTABURG, KS F 6.2
Creative Craftsmen DBA Ed Hoy's International WARRENVILLE, IL F 6.0
Southern Hobby York FARMINGDALE, NY F 5.4
Flat River Group VYS-1 PERU, IL F 5.3
S&S Worldwide COLCHESTER, CT F 5.2
Melissa & Doug, LLC - 412 Luce Street, Stockton STOCKTON, CA F 5.2
Melissa & Doug, LLC - 314 Edwards, Stockton STOCKTON, CA F 5.2
HRP Distributing, Inc. SALT LAKE CITY, UT F 4.8
Branch Plant Fresno CA FRESNO, CA F 4.7
Flat River Group GRR KENTWOOD, MI F 4.6
Aliquantum International Inc. ONTARIO, CA F 4.5
Lino Lakes, MN LINO LAKES, MN D 4.3
Spirit of '76 Warehouse BOONVILLE, MO D 4.1
Southern Hobby Distribution-STL ST. LOUIS, MO D 4.0
Chemence Dalton DALTON, GA D 3.9
Flat River Group MAIN BELDING, MI D 3.8
Melissa and Doug, Tracy Distribution Center TRACY, CA D 3.4
Southern Hobby Distribution-NY FARMINGDALE, NY D 3.2
Horizon Hobby, LLC (4105) CHAMPAIGN, IL D 3.0
NOA North Bend NORTH BEND, WA D 2.9
Craffiti DALTON, GA D 2.8
809 - Atlanta Recycling ATLANTA, GA C 2.6
823 - Ocala Recycling OCALA, FL C 2.6
Flat River Group St. Louis ST. LOUIS, MO C 2.5
Reeves International, Inc. PEQUANNOCK, NJ C 2.4
Horizon Hobby LLC (2904 Research Rd) CHAMPAIGN, IL C 2.4
Branch Plant Sacramento CA SACRAMENTO, CA C 2.3
Cousin Corporation of America LARGO, FL C 2.1
Horizon Hobby, LLC (4116) CHAMPAIGN, IL C 1.9
Branch Plant Fullerton CA FULLERTON, CA C 1.9
SWDC FORT WORTH, TX B 1.6
SBDC SAN BERNARDINO, CA B 1.6
FOLKMANIS, INC EMERYVILLE, CA B 1.5
TOMY International DYERSVILLE, IA B 1.4
Southern Hobby Distribution-NSH NASHVILLE, TN B 1.2
TOMY International, Inc. OAK BROOK, IL B 1.1
Mattel RS Inc EL SEGUNDO, CA B 1.1
NOA Redmond Operations Center (5001) REDMOND, WA A 0.6
K&M International Inc dba Wild Republic INDEPENDENCE, OH A 0.5
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This sector averages 4.0 against a BLS benchmark of 2.2 - but individual employers span the full A-to-F range.

Sector figures use the credible-subset mean across reporting employers; a benchmark is not any single establishment's measured rate.