Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels · Indiana

3708-Hilton Garden Inn Merrillville

Name: 3708-Hilton Garden Inn Merrillville Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Merrillville, IN · ~24 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.7
Avg TCR: 3.0
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

3708-Hilton Garden Inn Merrillville runs at 91% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels workplace, earning a grade C.

3708-Hilton Garden Inn Merrillville: 2.7 TCR = 91% of Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

3708-Hilton Garden Inn Merrillville safety composite

3708-Hilton Garden Inn Merrillville scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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).

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

3708-Hilton Garden Inn Merrillville: 0.0 → 5.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2021

3708-Hilton Garden Inn Merrillville's TCR rose 5.5 from 0.0 in 2020 to 5.5 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 721110 · Merrillville, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 91% of ind

DART 5.5 DART
RANK #69/144
PHOTO Hilton Garden Inn Ja…
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INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hilton Garden Inn Jackson (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows 3708-Hilton Garden Inn Merrillville averages 2.7 TCR (91% of the Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels BLS benchmark).

3708-Hilton Garden Inn Merrillville TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=5.5 · BLS 3.0

Where 3708-Hilton Garden Inn Merrillville falls in its industry

9,342 Hotels (except Casino Hotels) establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #69 safest of 144 Hotels (except Casino Hotels) employers in Indiana.

3708-Hilton Garden Inn Merrillville (24 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.8

3708-Hilton Garden Inn Merrillville has fewer employees than the Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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
2021	5.5	5.5	1	0	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

721110 · IN · Merrillville

9,342 Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels 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	Hilton Garden Inn Jackson	JACKSON, TN	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Colonial Williamsburg Company	WILLIAMSBURG, VA	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Quality Inn at the Mall	VALDOSTA, GA	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cherry Tree Inn & Suites	TRAVERSE CITY, MI	2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Midwest Poultry Services - Corporate Office	MENTONE	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Midwest Pullet Farm / QC / Lab	NORTH MANCHESTER	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	327-NiSource-West Terre Haute IN	WEST TERRE HAUTE	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bedford Operations Center	BEDFORD	24 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	38-Emcaz-Rodeo Dodge	Higley, AZ	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Americold 3PL Atlanta	Forest Park, GA	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	KB Home LA/Ventura	Valencia, CA	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	06 - Lakeville Distribution	Lakeville, MN	2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Erie Mill & Press Co. Inc.	Erie, PA	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pwd Wpc	Bristol, CT	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pacific Traffic Control, Inc.	Los Angeles, CA	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tosca - San Bernardino	San Bernardino, CA	24 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: 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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