Dentists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics) · California

Merced Dental

Merced, CA · ~18 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merced Dental runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Dentists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics) workplace, earning a grade C.

Merced Dental: 3.9 TCR = 102% of Dentists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics) BLS 3.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merced Dental safety composite

Merced Dental scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 57% 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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

−6.9

2017→2022

Merced Dental injury rate improved

Merced Dental's TCR fell 6.9 from 6.9 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.9 · 2018=11.9 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621210 · Merced, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 102% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P53
  • PHOTO Boger Dental
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Boger Dental (0.2 TCR gap)

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Merced Dental in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merced Dental averages 3.9 TCR (102% of the Dentists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics) BLS benchmark).

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

Merced Dental TCR series: 2017=6.9 · 2018=11.9 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.8

Where Merced Dental falls in its industry

81 Dentists' offices (e.g., cente establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Merced Dental (18 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 35 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Merced Dental
Merced Dental (18 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 35 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Merced Dental has fewer employees than the Dentists' offices (e.g., centers, clinic median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2018 11.9 0.0 2 0 0
2017 6.9 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621210 · CA · Merced

81 Dentists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics) 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. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Boger Dental 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Miller Park Way 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Associated Dentists 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northland Smiles 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Henry Hibino Farms LLC 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE BATAVIA, INC. 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gold Coast Farms 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE HM.CLAUSE Davis East Research Station 18 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 Hartcorn Plumbing & Heating Inc 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Goodwill Industries of the Valleys, Inc. Roanike (19) 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Tops #403 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Salem 3.9 TCR

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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.