Department Stores · Indiana

71278

Name: 71278 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Merrillville, IN · ~86 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.5
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

71278 runs at 43% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Department Stores workplace, earning a grade A.

71278: 1.5 TCR = 43% of Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

71278 safety composite

71278 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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).

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

71278: 1.2 → 1.9 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 2.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.28× in 2024

71278's TCR rose 0.7 from 1.2 in 2019 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452210 · Merrillville, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 43% of ind

DART 1.9 DART
RANK #22/78
PHOTO 71049
BOOK 6y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~86 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 71049 (0.0 TCR gap)

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71049

1.5
41 West Allis

1.5
258 Lincoln

1.5
514 Battle Cre

1.5

What this shows 71278 averages 1.5 TCR (43% of the Department Stores BLS benchmark).

71278 TCR series: 2019=1.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 3.4

Where 71278 falls in its industry

2,917 Department Stores establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 78 Department Stores employers in Indiana.

71278 (86 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 98 employees and a TCR of 3.1

71278 has fewer employees than the Department Stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2024	1.9	1.9	1
2023	1.6	1.6	1
2022	2.7	2.7	2
2021	1.4	1.4	1
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	1.2	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452210 · IN · Merrillville

2,917 Department Stores 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	71049	ALBANY, NY	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	41 West Allis	WEST ALLIS, WI	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	258 Lincoln	LINCOLN, NE	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	514 Battle Creek	BATTLE CREEK, MI	1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Service Bird Crew / E-Crew	NORTH MANCHESTER	86 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Service / Bird Crew	NORTH MANCHESTER	86 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Preferred, Inc. - Fort Wayne	FT, WAYNE	86 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Indy One Hour Heating and Air Conditioning	INDIANAPOLIS	86 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	Vanguard El Paso	El Paso, TX	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Vanguard Augusta	Beech Island, SC	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Southwire North Campus	Carrollton, GA	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	MMMBT	Newport News, VA	1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Fleet_Potelco	Frederickson, WA	86 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Lutheran Home at Hollidaysburg	Hollidaysburg, PA	86 FTE
NAT-SIZE	University of Tennessee Medica	Knoxville, TN	86 FTE
NAT-SIZE	O&M Illinois Region	Collinsville, IL	86 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.