Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) · California

55457 Merced

Merced, CA · ~121 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

55457 Merced runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) workplace, earning a grade B.

55457 Merced: 2.7 TCR = 60% of Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

55457 Merced safety composite

55457 Merced scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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

55457 Merced: 2.5 → 3.4 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2023

55457 Merced's TCR rose 0.9 from 2.5 in 2020 to 3.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485113 · Merced, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.7 · 60% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #14/65
  • PHOTO Housatonic Area Regi…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~121 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Housatonic Area Regional Transit (0.0 TCR gap)

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55457 Merced in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows 55457 Merced averages 2.7 TCR (60% of the Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

55457 Merced TCR series: 2020=2.5 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=3.4 · BLS 4.5

Where 55457 Merced falls in its industry

332 Bus transit systems (except mi establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 65 Bus transit systems (except mi employers in California.

55457 Merced (121 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 5.3 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 55457 Merced
55457 Merced (121 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 5.3

55457 Merced has more employees than the Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2023 3.4 2.7 5 0 0
2022 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2021 4.3 3.4 4 1 0
2020 2.5 2.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485113 · CA · Merced

332 Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 187 employers in Merced, CA · 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 Housatonic Area Regional Transit 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6091-455 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR University of Minnesota 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2662-7056 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Naumann Ranch 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Illume Agriculture, LLC 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Village Nurseries Miramar Yard 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Collier Road Complex 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030211 1,404 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030211-211001 MERCY MEDICAL CENTER MERCED 1,306 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dignity Health 1,279 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-64030211-211001 1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR Paul Reilly Company Illinois Inc 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Gurney Trucking, INC Washington, UT 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR New Vision Medical Lab 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Lewisburg Printing Company 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Manufacturing 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sunshine Minting Inc- Nevada 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Valley #075 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5073 University of Louisville Hospital 121 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.