Lawn Care · Indiana
5743 - Merrillville
Merrillville, IN · ~58 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.5
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
5743 - Merrillville runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Lawn Care workplace, earning a grade D.
5743 - Merrillville: 7.5 TCR = 167% of Lawn Care BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
5743 - Merrillville safety composite
5743 - Merrillville scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.52 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.31 per 100 workers
Safer than 32% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
5743 - Merrillville: 3.7 → 4.3 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 17.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.57× in 2024
5743 - Merrillville's TCR rose 0.6 from 3.7 in 2017 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 17.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 561730 · Merrillville, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 7.5 · 167% of ind
- DART 4.3 DART
- RANK #43/50
- PHOTO Philadelphia Metro
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 27 inj
- SIZE ~58 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Philadelphia Metro (0.0 TCR gap)
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5743 - Merrillville in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
5743 - Merrillville
7.5 TCR
- Philadelphia M
Philadelphia Metro
7.5 TCR
- Orlando South
Orlando South
7.5 TCR
- Easton, MD
Easton, MD
7.5 TCR
- Opterra Soluti
Opterra Solutions Inc. 17 East Texas
7.5 TCR
What this shows 5743 - Merrillville averages 7.5 TCR (167% of the Lawn Care BLS benchmark).
5743 - Merrillville TCR series: 2017=3.7 · 2018=5.1 · 2020=10.1 · 2021=7.8 · 2022=17.2 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 4.5
Where 5743 - Merrillville falls in its industry
2,875 Lawn Care establishmentsSafer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 50 Lawn Care employers in Indiana.
5743 - Merrillville has more employees than the Lawn Care median and a higher 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 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 17.2 | 15.3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.1 | 8.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
561730 · IN · Merrillville
2,875 Lawn Care 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 | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Philadelphia Metro | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Orlando South | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Easton, MD | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Opterra Solutions Inc. 17 East Texas | 7.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Indiana American Water - Greenwood | 58 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Outside Plant | 58 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Hoosier Company, Inc. | 58 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Service Electric Of Allen County, Inc. | 58 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 275-NiSource-Merrillville IN-SLC | 796 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Albanese Confectionery Group | 591 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1618 | 377 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Regional Mental Health Center | 371 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Glazers Beer And Beverage McAllen | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bass Pro DC Springfield | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Plamondon Hospitality Associates III | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amazon.com Services LLC - HLA4 | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 5905 - New Jersey Bergen | 58 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 5900 - New Jersey Morris | 58 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 5030 - Rochester | 58 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 5797 - Columbus North | 58 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.