Industry profile · NAICS 424430

Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers

Workplace injury rates across 239 OSHA-reporting establishments in this industry, 2016–2024. Average TCR uses the 231 establishments with a credible rate.

239
Employers
6.4
Avg TCR (rated)
2.2
BLS benchmark
4,566
Injuries (all)

TCR, interpreted

Far above average

6.4 avg TCR

The industry picture

According to OSHA ITA filings (2016–2024), Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers ranks #69 of 540 industries with at least 100 rated employers by average Total Case Rate (higher TCR = more injuries per 100 workers). The 231 rated employers in Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers average 6.4 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 2.9 times the BLS national benchmark of 2.2.

#69 of 540
corpus TCR rank · ≥100 rated
6.4
avg TCR · rated subset
2.2
BLS national benchmark
231
rated employers

ITA inventory (239) and injury totals cover every reporting establishment; the average TCR is the rated subset only. Corpus rank matches /rankings/most-dangerous-industries (≥100 rated employers). BLS IIF is a separate survey population, see Methodology → Three Populations.

Where Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers sits nationally on injury rate

Average Total Case Rate, industries with ≥100 rated employers

6 Among the most dangerous lower TCR than 13% of 540 industries

Industries, banded by average TCR

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Source OSHA Injury Tracking Application (2016–2024) · 2026-09-26

Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers injury rate, 2016–2024

Industry-average TCR has risen across this span (3.9 → 5.8) · NAICS 424430

246810 201620172018201920202021202220232024 5.77
OSHA ITA employer_yearly, 2016-2024 · establishments with >=200,000 hours worked and a credible TCR each year (27 in the latest year shown)

What Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers Safety Data Reveals

According to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application (2016–2024), Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers ranks #69 of 540 industries with at least 100 rated establishments by rated-subset average Total Case Rate (same basis as the most-dangerous-industries ranking; higher TCR means more injuries). The Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers sector (NAICS 424430) encompasses 239 distinct employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Across this cohort, workers have logged 4,566 recordable injuries during the 2016–2024 reporting window. The industry-weighted average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 6.4 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year is computed on the 231 establishments with a credible rate (see methodology). 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 6.4 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 Milk, fluid (except canned), 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
Garelick MA - Watertown Watertown, CT F 19.3
Milk Industry Management Co. d.b.a Balford Farms Burlington, NJ F 18.5
Hill Country Dairies - Dallas Dallas, TX F 17.1
McArthur - Miami - 71 Street - DTI Miami, FL F 16.7
Allentown Upper Macungie Township, PA F 16.4
T.G. Lee - Orlando - Robinson St - DTI Orlando, FL F 16.3
Dean Dairy - Indiana PA - DTI Indiana, PA F 15.8
Suiza - Columbia Columbia, SC F 15.4
Dfa Distributing South - Orlando Fl-Bumby Ave Orlando, FL F 15.1
Milk Industry Management Co d.b.a Balford Farms Allentown, PA F 14.9
Lehigh Lansdale - Hyattsville - DTI Hyattsville, MD F 14.2
Dfa Distributing North - Perth Amboy Nj Perth Amboy, NJ F 13.8
Berkeley - Sacramento Sacramento, CA F 13.6
Garelick Lynn - Lynn - Dist Lynn, MA F 13.5
Dfa-Itc - Minneapolis Mn Minneapolis, MN F 13.5
Reiter Akron - Akron Akron, OH F 13.5
Meadow Brook - Erie - DTI Erie, PA F 13.1
New England Ice Cream Corp - Wilmington, MA Wilmington, MA F 12.6
New England Ice Cream Corporation Norton, MA F 12.6
New England Ice Cream Corp - Haverhill, MA Haverhill, MA F 12.0
Dfa Distributing South - Tampa Fl Tampa, FL F 12.0
Mobile Facility Mobile, AL F 12.0
The HT Hackney Co Gainesville, FL F 11.8
T.G. Lee - Tampa - DTI Tampa, FL F 11.6
Meadow Gold Boise - Boise Dist Boise, ID F 11.5
TransCold Distribution Inc. - Chino Chino, CA F 11.4
Dfa Distributing South - Columbia Sc Columbia, SC F 11.2
Hiland Dairy Foods Company LLC. Paragould, AR F 11.2
Schenkels - Huntington - DTI Huntington, IN F 11.2
Suiza - Greenville Greenville, SC F 10.8
DFNC - SF - Sioux Falls - DTI Sioux Falls, SD F 10.7
QUality Custom Distribution Miami Miami, FL F 10.4
Dfa Distributing North - Haverhill Ma Haverhill, MA F 10.4
T.G. Lee - Orlando - Bumby - DTI Orlando, FL F 10.4
Dfa Distributing North - Sharpsville Pa Sharpsville, PA F 10.3
6905_16890 Seneca, PA F 10.2
Dfa Distributing North - Erie Erie, PA F 10.1
Hill Country Dairies - Corpus Chrisiti Branch Corpus Christi, TX F 10.0
Dfa Distributing North - Burlington Nj Burlington, NJ F 9.9
Lehigh Lansdale - Lansdale - DTI Lansdale, PA F 9.8
Absecon Egg Harbor Township, NJ F 9.8
Pocono Mountain Dairies - Blakeslee Blakeslee, PA F 9.6
Diaco Food Service Paterson, NJ F 9.6
Suiza - Chester Chester, VA F 9.5
Mayfield - Marietta Marietta, GA F 9.5
Pacific Cheese Co., Inc. - Reno, NV Reno, NV F 9.4
Country Fresh - Livonia - Merriman Livonia, MI F 9.4
United Dairy Charleston Wv Facility Charleston, WV F 9.3
Dfa Distributing North - Lansdale Pa Lansdale, PA F 9.3
Hill Country Dairies, Inc. - Austin Austin, TX F 9.3
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Nationwide industries with similar injury rates or employer scale

Two PlainSafetyScore-derived peer sets for Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers: nearest NAICS cohorts by rated-subset average TCR and by OSHA-reporting employer inventory. These are cross-industry neighborhoods, not the employer list above.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average injury rate (TCR) in Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers?

Across 231 OSHA-reporting establishments with a credible rate, Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers averages 6.4 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers per year (Total Case Rate, 2016-2024). The BLS national benchmark for this NAICS code is 2.2.

How does Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers compare with other industries nationally?

Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers ranks #69 of 540 industries with at least 100 rated employers by average TCR (highest TCR = #1, most dangerous). That places it above 13% of ranked industries by injury rate.

How many employers report in Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers?

239 establishments report to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application under this NAICS code, of which 231 have a credible enough filing history to carry a rated average TCR.

Data sourced from official public datasets, PlainSafetyScore's OSHA ITA / BLS-based industry database (2016-2024). Retrieved and formatted by PlainSafetyScore. See our methodology for details.

Working in Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers?

This sector averages 6.4 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.

Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.

Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers Safety FAQ

What is the average injury rate (TCR) in Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers?

Across 231 OSHA-reporting establishments with a credible rate, Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers averages 6.4 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers per year (Total Case Rate, 2016-2024). The BLS national benchmark for this NAICS code is 2.2.

How does Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers compare with other industries nationally?

Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers ranks #69 of 540 industries with at least 100 rated employers by average TCR (highest TCR = #1, most dangerous). That places it above 13% of ranked industries by injury rate.

How many employers report in Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers?

239 establishments report to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application under this NAICS code, of which 231 have a credible enough filing history to carry a rated average TCR.