Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) · Kansas
IKEA #374 Merriam
Merriam, KS · ~201 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
IKEA #374 Merriam runs at 208% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) workplace, earning a grade F.
IKEA #374 Merriam: 7.1 TCR = 208% of Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
IKEA #374 Merriam safety composite
IKEA #374 Merriam scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).
38/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 7.07 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% 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
−5.8
2016→2024
IKEA #374 Merriam injury rate improved
IKEA #374 Merriam's TCR fell 5.8 from 10.4 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 17.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=10.4 · 2017=1.9 · 2018=17.1 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=8.3 · 2021=8.1 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=4.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 442110 · Merriam, KS ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 208% of ind
- DART 4.6 DART
- RANK #9/14
- PHOTO 4535-1354
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 89 inj
- SIZE ~201 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 4535-1354 (0.0 TCR gap)
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IKEA #374 Merriam in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
IKEA #374 Merriam
7.1 TCR
- 4535-1354
4535-1354
7.1 TCR
- 4535-1009
4535-1009
7.1 TCR
- Ashley Furnitu
Ashley Furniture Homestore- Southaven
7 TCR
- KWF Gainesvill
KWF Gainesville, FL
7 TCR
What this shows IKEA #374 Merriam averages 7.1 TCR (208% of the Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) BLS benchmark).
IKEA #374 Merriam TCR series: 2016=10.4 · 2017=1.9 · 2018=17.1 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=8.3 · 2021=8.1 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=4.6 · BLS 3.4
Where IKEA #374 Merriam falls in its industry
2,215 Furniture stores (e.g., househ establishmentsSafer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.
Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 14 Furniture stores (e.g., househ employers in Kansas.
IKEA #374 Merriam has more employees than the Furniture stores (e.g., household, offic median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 17.1 | 5.9 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 10.4 | 6.2 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
442110 · KS · Merriam
2,215 Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 24 employers in Merriam, KS · 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 | 4535-1354 | 7.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 4535-1009 | 7.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ashley Furniture Homestore- Southaven | 7.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | KWF Gainesville, FL | 7.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Manko Window Systems, Inc. - Manhattan | 201 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | STE Hackney Inc. - Independence, KS | 201 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 615-00095 | 201 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1691 | 201 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | IBT, Inc. | 374 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cohen Esrey | 304 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 96920030-103 DS BUS LINES, INC.-MERRIAM | 215 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Aristocrat Motors | 157 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Lehigh Valley Operations | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Vineyard Place | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fireline Sprinkler, LLC | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lexington LEX | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Grand Prairie Foods 1400 Plant | 201 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cross Pointe | 201 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Menasha Packaging Company - Neenah | 201 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Nordon Inc. | 201 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.