Laundry services, linen supply · Indiana

Douglas Cleaners Inc DBA: ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry

Merrillville, IN · ~93 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Douglas Cleaners Inc DBA: ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Laundry services, linen supply workplace, earning a grade D.

Douglas Cleaners Inc DBA: ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry: 3.5 TCR = 167% of Laundry services, linen supply BLS 2.1 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Douglas Cleaners Inc DBA: ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry safety composite

Douglas Cleaners Inc DBA: ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% 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

−5.1

2017→2019

Douglas Cleaners Inc DBA: ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry injury rate improved

Douglas Cleaners Inc DBA: ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry's TCR fell 5.1 from 6.8 in 2017 to 1.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.8 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 812331 · Merrillville, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 167% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #1/5
  • PHOTO Kansas Plant
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~93 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kansas Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Douglas Cleaners Inc DBA: ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Douglas Cleaners Inc DBA: ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry averages 3.5 TCR (167% of the Laundry services, linen supply BLS benchmark).

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

Douglas Cleaners Inc DBA: ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry TCR series: 2017=6.8 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=1.7 · BLS 2.1

Where Douglas Cleaners Inc DBA: ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry falls in its industry

334 Laundry services, linen supply establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 Laundry services, linen supply employers in Indiana.

Douglas Cleaners Inc DBA: ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry (93 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 0100200300400 024681012 Average employees Total Case Rate Douglas Cleaners Inc DBA: ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry
Douglas Cleaners Inc DBA: ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry (93 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Douglas Cleaners Inc DBA: ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry has fewer employees than the Laundry services, linen supply median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2019 1.7 1.7 2 0 0
2018 2.1 1.0 2 0 0
2017 6.8 6.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

812331 · IN · Merrillville

334 Laundry services, linen supply 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Kansas Plant 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 61 Morgan Services Dayton 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arrow Linen Supply Company, Inc. Garden City Location 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR FDR Services Corp of VA 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Remington, IN 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hendricks Power Cooperative 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE Globe Asphalt Paving 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kuert Concrete, Inc. 93 FTE
CITY-NEAR 275-NiSource-Merrillville IN-SLC 796 FTE
CITY-NEAR Albanese Confectionery Group 591 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1618 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR Regional Mental Health Center 371 FTE
NAT-TCR Discovery Bay - Resort 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Modesto WHC 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Tops 249 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0020 3652 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Administrative Services 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE CTI Industries 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE BASF Corporation - Shakopee 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE Superior Grocers # 115 93 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.