Drums, light gauge metal, manufacturing · California

Greif Merced

Merced, CA · ~49 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Greif Merced runs at 186% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Drums, light gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Greif Merced: 6.1 TCR = 186% of Drums, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Greif Merced safety composite

Greif Merced scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

Greif Merced: 1.7 → 6.3 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 10.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.34× in 2024

Greif Merced's TCR rose 4.6 from 1.7 in 2018 to 6.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332439 · Merced, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 186% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #4/8
  • PHOTO Bud Manufacturing Inc.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bud Manufacturing Inc. (0.2 TCR gap)

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Greif Merced in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Greif Merced averages 6.1 TCR (186% of the Drums, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Greif Merced TCR series: 2018=1.7 · 2023=10.4 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Greif Merced falls in its industry

175 Drums, light gauge metal, manu establishments

Safer than 39% 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 #4 safest of 8 Drums, light gauge metal, manu employers in California.

Greif Merced (49 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Greif Merced
Greif Merced (49 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Greif Merced has fewer employees than the Drums, light gauge metal, manufacturing 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 6.3 2.1 3 0 0
2023 10.4 7.8 4 0 0
2018 1.7 1.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332439 · CA · Merced

175 Drums, light gauge metal, manufacturing 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 Bud Manufacturing Inc. 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mauser Packaging LLC 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR T&C Stainless, Inc 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR PSI Medina 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE LAJES FARMS INC 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunview Shandon 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rawah-Napa County 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Farms 49 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 Latta Road Nursing Home West 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Paragon Masonry, LLC 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Nyith - Ithaca 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Landmark Hospital of Cape Girardeau 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Servicemaster of Shenandoah Valley, Inc. 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bethlehem Pre Cast Inc 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE G&C Fab-Con 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trachte Southeast 49 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, 2018. 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.