Discount Department Stores · Florida
1053 - Merritt Island
Merritt Island, FL · ~125 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
1053 - Merritt Island runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade D.
1053 - Merritt Island: 4.6 TCR = 136% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
1053 - Merritt Island safety composite
1053 - Merritt Island scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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).
50/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.39 per 100 workers
Safer than 52% 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%).
1053 - Merritt Island held a steady TCR band
1053 - Merritt Island's TCR held near 0.2 from 3.0 in 2019 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=3.0 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=7.8 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=2.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 452112 · Merritt Island, FL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 136% of ind
- DART 1.4 DART
- RANK #192/385
- PHOTO 0286 - Santa Ana 17t…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~125 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 0286 - Santa Ana 17th Street (0.0 TCR gap)
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1053 - Merritt Island in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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1053 - Merritt Island
4.6 TCR
- 0286 - Santa A
0286 - Santa Ana 17th Street
4.6 TCR
- Ross store 844
Ross store 844
4.6 TCR
- Ross store 418
Ross store 418
4.6 TCR
- Ross store 130
Ross store 1303
4.6 TCR
What this shows 1053 - Merritt Island averages 4.6 TCR (136% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).
1053 - Merritt Island TCR series: 2019=3 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=7.8 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 3.4
Where 1053 - Merritt Island falls in its industry
4,991 Discount Department Stores establishmentsSafer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #192 safest of 385 Discount Department Stores employers in Florida.
1053 - Merritt Island has more employees than the Discount Department Stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
452112 · FL · Merritt Island
4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 43 employers in Merritt Island, 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 | 0286 - Santa Ana 17th Street | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ross store 844 | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ross store 418 | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ross store 1303 | 4.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Naples Packing House | 125 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Amplex | 125 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Corporate Headquarters Wharton Smith Office | 125 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Panhandle Power Solutions LLC | 125 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Blue Origin Florida, LLC | 1,747 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PAE BOSS Contract | 606 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sea Ray Merritt Island Complex | 399 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 771 | 357 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Steele AL | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | General Formulations | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 40233 - Capstone Kroger Phoenix Az | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Radiac Abrasives Inc. | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 1016 - Colonial Heights | 125 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1282 - Helena | 125 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 0264 - Las Vegas East | 125 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 0256 - Aurora SE | 125 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.