Homecenter · Indiana

1569 Lowe S of Merrillville in

Name: 1569 Lowe S of Merrillville in Workplace Safety Data
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Merrillville, IN · ~131 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.4
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

1569 Lowe S of Merrillville in runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Homecenter workplace, earning a grade B.

1569 Lowe S of Merrillville in: 2.4 TCR = 70% of Homecenter BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1569 Lowe S of Merrillville in safety composite

1569 Lowe S of Merrillville in scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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%).

Rising injury rate

1569 Lowe S of Merrillville in: 0.0 → 4.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2024

1569 Lowe S of Merrillville in's TCR rose 4.7 from 0.0 in 2023 to 4.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444110 · Merrillville, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 70% of ind

DART 4.7 DART
RANK #18/163
PHOTO 2304 MONTEREY PARK
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~131 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2304 MONTEREY PARK (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.4
2304 MONTEREY

2.4
4919 GRAFTON

2.4
0591 LOWE S OF

2.4
1591 LOWE S OF

2.4

What this shows 1569 Lowe S of Merrillville in averages 2.4 TCR (70% of the Homecenter BLS benchmark).

1569 Lowe S of Merrillville in TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 3.4

Where 1569 Lowe S of Merrillville in falls in its industry

6,309 Homecenter establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 163 Homecenter employers in Indiana.

1569 Lowe S of Merrillville in (131 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7

1569 Lowe S of Merrillville in has more employees than the Homecenter median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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	4.7	4.7	4	0	0
2023	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444110 · IN · Merrillville

6,309 Homecenter employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 97 employers in Merrillville, IN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	2304 MONTEREY PARK	MONTEREY PARK, CA	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	4919 GRAFTON	GRAFTON, WI	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	0591 LOWE S OF ALTON IL	ALTON, IL	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	1591 LOWE S OF PICO RIVERA CA	PICO RIVERA, CA	2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Rose Acre Farms Corporate Office	SEYMOUR	131 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ohio Valley Gas	WINCHESTER	131 FTE
STATE-SIZE	The Blakley Corporation	INDIANAPOLIS	131 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Niagara Bottling, LLC - Louisville	JEFFERSONVILLE	131 FTE
CITY-NEAR	275-NiSource-Merrillville IN-SLC	Merrillville	796 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Albanese Confectionery Group	Merrillville	591 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1618	Merrillville	377 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Regional Mental Health Center	Merrillville	371 FTE
NAT-TCR	CA-Corp Whse Westminster	Westminster, CA	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ascentron	White City, OR	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	North American Stainless - Ghent	Ghent, KY	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Supply Chain Rutland VT	North Clarendon, VT	2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	300000170856104 - PA-Pittsburgh-Bulk Operating Center	Coraopolis, PA	131 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cqt Kennedy LLC	Van Wert, OH	131 FTE
NAT-SIZE	C & L Aerospace LLC	Bangor, ME	131 FTE
NAT-SIZE	RC Construction Co., Inc.	Greenwood, MS	131 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: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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