Pest control (except agricultural, forestry) services · California

BR14 Merced

Merced, CA · ~25 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BR14 Merced runs at 116% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Pest control (except agricultural, forestry) services workplace, earning a grade C.

BR14 Merced: 5.2 TCR = 116% of Pest control (except agricultural, forestry) services BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BR14 Merced safety composite

BR14 Merced scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

BR14 Merced: 7.8 → 8.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 8.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.6× in 2024

BR14 Merced's TCR rose 0.5 from 7.8 in 2017 to 8.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561710 · Merced, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 5.2 · 116% of ind

  • DART 8.4 DART
  • RANK #108/214
  • PHOTO Terminix Co Inc
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Terminix Co Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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BR14 Merced in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BR14 Merced averages 5.2 TCR (116% of the Pest control (except agricultural, forestry) services BLS benchmark).

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

BR14 Merced TCR series: 2017=7.8 · 2018=0 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=7.6 · 2022=4.1 · 2024=8.4 · BLS 4.5

Where BR14 Merced falls in its industry

1,655 Pest control (except agricultu establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #108 safest of 214 Pest control (except agricultu employers in California.

BR14 Merced (25 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 020406080100120 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate BR14 Merced
BR14 Merced (25 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 4.7

BR14 Merced has fewer employees than the Pest control (except agricultural, fores 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 8.4 8.4 2 0 0
2022 4.1 0.0 1 0 0
2021 7.6 7.6 2 0 0
2020 3.5 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 7.8 7.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561710 · CA · Merced

1,655 Pest control (except agricultural, forestry) services 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 Terminix Co Inc 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arrow Pest Control 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR TMX2040 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Massey Services #82 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Conservation Farms Ranches 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE GM Ag Services, Inc. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farm Shop 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dougherty Brothers 25 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 Noroton Heights Fire Department 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR OK Pork 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Everfresh Beverages, Inc 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Main Location 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Town of Portland - Public Works Department 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE TW Metals - STP 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Town of Simsbury Parks and Recreation 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE LWC Mitchell 25 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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