Other Direct Selling Establishments · Indiana

Merchandise Warehouse, Inc

Name: Merchandise Warehouse, Inc Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Indianapolis, IN · ~75 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.8
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Merchandise Warehouse, Inc runs at 171% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Other Direct Selling Establishments workplace, earning a grade D.

Merchandise Warehouse, Inc: 5.8 TCR = 171% of Other Direct Selling Establishments BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merchandise Warehouse, Inc safety composite

Merchandise Warehouse, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers
DART rate: F 12.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Merchandise Warehouse, Inc: 3.5 → 12.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 12.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2.17× in 2023

Merchandise Warehouse, Inc's TCR rose 9.1 from 3.5 in 2016 to 12.7 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 454390 · Indianapolis, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 171% of ind

DART 12.7 DART
RANK P26
PHOTO M&E COLD STORAGE
BOOK 8y book
INJ 31 inj
SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: M&E COLD STORAGE (0.0 TCR gap)

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PLANT 405-OCEA

5.9
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5.8
M&E COLD STORA

5.8
2077-US DD NW

5.8
2077-US DD NW

5.7

What this shows Merchandise Warehouse, Inc averages 5.8 TCR (171% of the Other Direct Selling Establishments BLS benchmark).

Merchandise Warehouse, Inc TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2017=0 · 2018=7.9 · 2019=6.8 · 2020=5.2 · 2021=6.4 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=12.7 · BLS 3.4

Where Merchandise Warehouse, Inc falls in its industry

212 Other Direct Selling Establish establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Merchandise Warehouse, Inc (75 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Merchandise Warehouse, Inc has more employees than the Other Direct Selling Establishments median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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
2023	12.7	12.7	3	0
2022	4.3	4.3	4	0
2021	6.4	3.8	5	0
2020	5.2	5.2	5	0
2019	6.8	6.8	7	0
2018	7.9	5.6	6	1
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0
2016	3.5	3.5	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

454390 · IN · Indianapolis

212 Other Direct Selling Establishments employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 2,074 employers in Indianapolis, IN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	M&E COLD STORAGE	BOLINGBROOK, IL	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PLANT 405-OCEAN NJ	LAKEWOOD, NJ	5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2077-US DD NW WOODRIDGE BRANCH	WOODRIDGE, IL	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2077-US DD NW MILPITAS BRANCH	MILPITAS, CA	5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	CenterPoint Energy - FB Culley	NEWBURGH	75 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Graber Crews	MONTGOMERY	75 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Precision Wall Systems, Inc.	SOUTH BEND	75 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Main Office	INDIANAPOLIS	75 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Indiana University Health, Inc	Indianapolis	7,874 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Methodist Hospital	Indianapolis	6,862 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Eli Lilly - Lilly Corp Center	Indianapolis	6,482 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lilly Technology Center	Indianapolis	6,472 FTE
NAT-TCR	Turtle Creek Valley MHMR, Inc	Braddock, PA	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Miyako Hotel Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	North America : North Springfield	N. Springfield, VT	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Aging & Adult Services	Bakersfield, CA	5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Grove Manor	Grove City, PA	75 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Royer Brothers Tree Service, LLC	Hutchinson, KS	75 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Production Engineering Corporation	Minneapolis, MN	75 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fremont Recycling and Transfer Station	Fremont, CA	75 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.