Highway construction · Pennsylvania

Charles J. Merlo Inc.

Mineral Point, PA · ~104 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Charles J. Merlo Inc. runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Highway construction workplace, earning a grade A.

Charles J. Merlo Inc.: 1.3 TCR = 46% of Highway construction BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Charles J. Merlo Inc. safety composite

Charles J. Merlo Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

C

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−0.4

2016→2023

Charles J. Merlo Inc. injury rate improved

Charles J. Merlo Inc.'s TCR fell 0.4 from 1.1 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.1 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237310 · Mineral Point, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 46% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/196
  • PHOTO Newport Paving & Rea…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~104 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Newport Paving & Ready Mix (0.0 TCR gap)

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Charles J. Merlo Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Charles J. Merlo Inc. averages 1.3 TCR (46% of the Highway construction BLS benchmark).

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

Charles J. Merlo Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=0.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Charles J. Merlo Inc. falls in its industry

4,078 Highway construction establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 196 Highway construction employers in Pennsylvania.

Charles J. Merlo Inc. (104 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Charles J. Merlo Inc.
Charles J. Merlo Inc. (104 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Charles J. Merlo Inc. has more employees than the Highway construction 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 0.8 0.0 1 0 0
2022 2.5 0.0 2 0 0
2021 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2020 3.1 0.0 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237310 · PA · Mineral Point

4,078 Highway construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 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 Newport Paving & Ready Mix 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Granite Industrial 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Hwy 85 - 062214 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wm. Winkler Company 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Soergel Orchards2 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lennar - Philadelphia 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE Golden Eagle Construction Co. Inc. 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tustin Mechanical Services (Norristown) 104 FTE
NAT-TCR Cone Drive Operations LUD 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Calumet Branded Products - Porter 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR US Trackworks, LLC 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Morsey Constructors, LLC 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Keystone Nursing Care Center Inc 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE S&S Automotive Inc 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE Newaygo Medical Care Facility 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valassis, Inc. 104 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.