Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding · Kansas

Ascentist ASC Merriam, LLC

Merriam, KS · ~43 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
17.0
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ascentist ASC Merriam, LLC runs at 447% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding workplace, earning a grade F.

Ascentist ASC Merriam, LLC: 17.0 TCR = 447% of Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ascentist ASC Merriam, LLC safety composite

Ascentist ASC Merriam, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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).

D

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

TCR Δ

−34.3

2020→2024

Ascentist ASC Merriam, LLC injury rate improved

Ascentist ASC Merriam, LLC's TCR fell 34.3 from 39.5 in 2020 to 5.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 39.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=39.5 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=14.5 · 2023=21.1 · 2024=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621493 · Merriam, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 17.0 · 447% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO Two Twelve Surgery C…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Two Twelve Surgery Center (0.1 TCR gap)

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Ascentist ASC Merriam, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ascentist ASC Merriam, LLC averages 17.0 TCR (447% of the Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding BLS benchmark).

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

Ascentist ASC Merriam, LLC TCR series: 2020=39.5 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=14.5 · 2023=21.1 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 3.8

Where Ascentist ASC Merriam, LLC falls in its industry

498 Ambulatory surgical centers an establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Ambulatory surgical centers an employers in Kansas.

Ascentist ASC Merriam, LLC (43 employees, TCR 17.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 6.2 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Ascentist ASC Merriam, LLC
Ascentist ASC Merriam, LLC (43 employees, TCR 17.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Ascentist ASC Merriam, LLC has fewer employees than the Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.2. 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 5.2 0.0 2 0 0
2023 21.1 0.0 7 0 0
2022 14.5 3.6 4 0 0
2021 4.5 0.0 1 0 0
2020 39.5 0.0 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621493 · KS · Merriam

498 Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 24 employers in Merriam, KS · 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 Two Twelve Surgery Center 16.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lowcountry Outpatient surgery Center 16.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Toms River Surgery Center 16.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMG Urgent Care - Forest 17.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Linwood 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lost Trail Dairy, LLC 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Newkirk Novak Construction Partners, Inc. 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE KKINDINC 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR IBT, Inc. 374 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cohen Esrey 304 FTE
CITY-NEAR 96920030-103 DS BUS LINES, INC.-MERRIAM 215 FTE
CITY-NEAR IKEA #374 Merriam 201 FTE
NAT-TCR Arizona DC12 17.0 TCR
NAT-TCR The Landings of Canton Hills 17.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Adult Learning Systems-U.P. 17.0 TCR
NAT-TCR CDC Logistics, LLC 17.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Waterford at West Bend 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE PT-OIC 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pueblo 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kinnucan Company 43 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.