Dirt moving for construction · New Hampshire

F.L. Merrill Construction, Inc.

Loudon, NH · ~45 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

F.L. Merrill Construction, Inc. runs at 338% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Dirt moving for construction workplace, earning a grade F.

F.L. Merrill Construction, Inc.: 9.5 TCR = 338% of Dirt moving for construction BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

F.L. Merrill Construction, Inc. safety composite

F.L. Merrill Construction, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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).

F

4/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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

F.L. Merrill Construction, Inc.: 9.2 → 11.1 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 15.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.01× in 2024

F.L. Merrill Construction, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.9 from 9.2 in 2017 to 11.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 15.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Loudon, NH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.5 · 338% of ind

  • DART 9.5 DART
  • RANK #15/16
  • PHOTO Brinleys Grading Ser…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Brinleys Grading Service Inc (0.1 TCR gap)

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F.L. Merrill Construction, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows F.L. Merrill Construction, Inc. averages 9.5 TCR (338% of the Dirt moving for construction BLS benchmark).

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

F.L. Merrill Construction, Inc. TCR series: 2017=9.2 · 2019=8.8 · 2020=8.9 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=15.5 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=11.1 · BLS 2.8

Where F.L. Merrill Construction, Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Dirt moving for construction establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Hampshire alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 16 Dirt moving for construction employers in New Hampshire.

F.L. Merrill Construction, Inc. (45 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate F.L. Merrill Construction, Inc.
F.L. Merrill Construction, Inc. (45 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

F.L. Merrill Construction, Inc. has fewer employees than the Dirt moving for construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2024 11.1 9.5 7 0 0
2023 6.6 5.0 3 1 0
2022 15.5 11.6 8 0 0
2021 6.1 6.1 3 0 0
2020 8.9 1.8 5 0 0
2019 8.8 8.8 5 0 0
2017 9.2 5.5 5 0 1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · NH · Loudon

1,750 Dirt moving for construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,718 rated employers in New Hampshire with headcount on file · 6 employers in Loudon, NH · 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 Brinleys Grading Service Inc 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ALTFILLISCH CONTRACTORS, INC. 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Phoenix Office 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Headquarters 9.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE NU-NH 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE LaMontagne Builder Inc. 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michels Power- New Hamsphire 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Advanced Excavating & Paving LLC 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pleasant View Gardens 173 FTE
CITY-NEAR DS Cole Growers Inc. 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR Loudon, NH 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northern Design Precast 33 FTE
NAT-TCR Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR White Oaks at McHenry 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Arden Hills 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR TK PACIFIC, INC., d.b.a GH SLACK & SON 9.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mitchell Mill Systems, Inc. 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ryan Plumbing, Heating, A/C, & FP LLC 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Denny's 9547 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lee Roy Jordan Redwood Lumber Co 45 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, 2019, 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.