Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing · Indiana
Engineered Materials : Merrillville
Merrillville, IN · ~72 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Engineered Materials : Merrillville runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Engineered Materials : Merrillville: 1.3 TCR = 40% of Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Engineered Materials : Merrillville safety composite
Engineered Materials : Merrillville scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% 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).
62/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 1.31 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% 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
−3.6
2016→2023
Engineered Materials : Merrillville injury rate improved
Engineered Materials : Merrillville's TCR fell 3.6 from 3.6 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.6 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.5 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 339112 · Merrillville, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 40% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #7/39
- PHOTO MGAR - Gary Manufact…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~72 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: MGAR - Gary Manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)
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Engineered Materials : Merrillville in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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Engineered Materials : Merrillville
1.3 TCR
- MGAR - Gary Ma
MGAR - Gary Manufacturing
1.3 TCR
- Resonetics Hud
Resonetics Hudson
1.3 TCR
- KPR U.S., LLC-
KPR U.S., LLC- Tampa
1.3 TCR
- Laborie Salt L
Laborie Salt Lake City Murray
1.3 TCR
What this shows Engineered Materials : Merrillville averages 1.3 TCR (40% of the Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Engineered Materials : Merrillville TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2017=0 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3
Where Engineered Materials : Merrillville falls in its industry
741 Surgical and Medical Instrumen establishmentsSafer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 39 Surgical and Medical Instrumen employers in Indiana.
Engineered Materials : Merrillville has fewer employees than the Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufact median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
339112 · IN · Merrillville
741 Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing 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 | MGAR - Gary Manufacturing | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Resonetics Hudson | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | KPR U.S., LLC- Tampa | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Laborie Salt Lake City Murray | 1.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Kokomo Operations Center | 72 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | J. R. Kelly Company, Inc. | 72 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Indianapolis One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning | 72 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gordon Plumbing, Inc. | 72 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 | Eldeco Inc. South Carolina | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Filtration : Yankton | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | South Portland | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fluid Connectors : Lakeview | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Aireko Energy Solution LLC | 72 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Simon - Premium Outlets | 72 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Chase Oxford | 72 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hayward Convalescent Hospital | 72 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.