Restaurants, full service · New Jersey

Mercado Grill 22 LLC

Union, NJ · ~31 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mercado Grill 22 LLC runs at 32% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Restaurants, full service workplace, earning a grade A.

Mercado Grill 22 LLC: 1.0 TCR = 32% of Restaurants, full service BLS 3.0 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mercado Grill 22 LLC safety composite

Mercado Grill 22 LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−2.9

2016→2019

Mercado Grill 22 LLC injury rate improved

Mercado Grill 22 LLC's TCR fell 2.9 from 2.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722511 · Union, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 32% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/7
  • PHOTO Gotham Restaurants LLC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gotham Restaurants LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mercado Grill 22 LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mercado Grill 22 LLC averages 1.0 TCR (32% of the Restaurants, full service BLS benchmark).

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

Mercado Grill 22 LLC TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.0

Where Mercado Grill 22 LLC falls in its industry

1,091 Restaurants, full service establishments

Safer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 7 Restaurants, full service employers in New Jersey.

Mercado Grill 22 LLC (31 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.9 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Mercado Grill 22 LLC
Mercado Grill 22 LLC (31 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Mercado Grill 22 LLC has fewer employees than the Restaurants, full service median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 2.9 2.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722511 · NJ · Union

1,091 Restaurants, full service employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 89 employers in Union, NJ · 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 Gotham Restaurants LLC 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR KSBar and Grille 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ventana Grill 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Still 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Orsted - Newark 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Beacon Construction Services 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Neelam Construction Corp 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spiniello Companies - Livingston 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR 800 Rahway Ave - Bldg D 410 FTE
CITY-NEAR Deep Foods Inc 405 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shop Rite of Union 374 FTE
CITY-NEAR 11754 364 FTE
NAT-TCR Wasserstrom G K S, V 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR KMG Electronic Chemicals - Pueblo 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR QSI Accomac 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 188354 Ocotillo Modernization Project 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Birch Gardens Assisted Living 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dupont - Pioneer Johnston Parent 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE TTI- Fairburn, GA 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE US SC Sumter Plant 31 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, 2016. 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.