Construction management, water and sewer line · Pennsylvania
A. Merante Contracting
Pittsburgh, PA · ~53 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
A. Merante Contracting runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Construction management, water and sewer line workplace, earning a grade B.
A. Merante Contracting: 1.5 TCR = 55% of Construction management, water and sewer line BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
A. Merante Contracting safety composite
A. Merante Contracting scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).
57/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 77% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.97 per 100 workers
Safer than 37% 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%).
TCR Δ
−0.9
2016→2023
A. Merante Contracting injury rate improved
A. Merante Contracting's TCR fell 0.9 from 2.9 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=2.9 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=2.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=2.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237110 · Pittsburgh, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 1.5 · 55% of ind
- DART 2.0 DART
- RANK #16/54
- PHOTO Pacific Coast Well D…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~53 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Pacific Coast Well Drilling, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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A. Merante Contracting in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
A. Merante Contracting
1.5 TCR
- Pacific Coast
Pacific Coast Well Drilling, Inc.
1.5 TCR
- Haegelin Const
Haegelin Construction Co. - Austin
1.5 TCR
- Pinnacle Const
Pinnacle Constructors Office
1.5 TCR
- Layne Christen
Layne Christensen Company
1.5 TCR
What this shows A. Merante Contracting averages 1.5 TCR (55% of the Construction management, water and sewer line BLS benchmark).
A. Merante Contracting TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=2 · 2022=0 · 2023=2 · BLS 2.8
Where A. Merante Contracting falls in its industry
1,614 Construction management, water establishmentsSafer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 54 Construction management, water employers in Pennsylvania.
A. Merante Contracting has fewer employees than the Construction management, water and sewer median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237110 · PA · Pittsburgh
1,614 Construction management, water and sewer line employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 1,170 employers in Pittsburgh, PA · 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 | Pacific Coast Well Drilling, Inc. | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Haegelin Construction Co. - Austin | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pinnacle Constructors Office | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Layne Christensen Company | 1.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Appalachian Drillers, LLC | 53 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SUSSC Susquehanna Service Center | 53 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 301-NiSource-Uniontown PA | 53 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PHRG PHL- RIO | 53 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | United States Steel COrporation | 15,229 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University of Pittsburgh- Oakland | 14,135 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (PUH) | 13,900 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University of Pittsburgh-Oakland | 13,208 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Commercial Services/Interstate | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Munoz Trucking | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Clark (Clark Construction, Clark Concrete,Clark Civil, Clark Foundations) | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Chain Milwaukee | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Vessel Technology | 53 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 653 - Woodward Corner Market | 53 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gratts Primary Center | 53 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mountain Empire Surgery Center | 53 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.