Cotton ginning · Texas

Mereta Coop

Mereta, TX · ~25 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mereta Coop runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Cotton ginning workplace, earning a grade B.

Mereta Coop: 2.6 TCR = 58% of Cotton ginning BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mereta Coop safety composite

Mereta Coop scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.6

2016→2017

Mereta Coop injury rate improved

Mereta Coop's TCR fell 0.6 from 2.9 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.9 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2017=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115111 · Mereta, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 58% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #20/95
  • PHOTO Harvey Gin
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Harvey Gin (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mereta Coop in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mereta Coop averages 2.6 TCR (58% of the Cotton ginning BLS benchmark).

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

Mereta Coop TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2017=2.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Mereta Coop falls in its industry

194 Cotton ginning establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 95 Cotton ginning employers in Texas.

Mereta Coop (25 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 27 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 102030405060 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Mereta Coop
Mereta Coop (25 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 27 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Mereta Coop has fewer employees than the Cotton ginning median and a lower 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 Fatalities
2017 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2016 2.9 2.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115111 · TX · Mereta

194 Cotton ginning employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 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 Harvey Gin 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR D & J Gin Incorporated 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Birome Gin Company, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Creek Gin Co., Inc. 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Village Farms of Monahans 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lubbock Feeders, LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Circle Three Feed Yard, Ltd 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE SEABOARD FOODS LP 501-508 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lonestar Farmers Cooperative-Mereta 26 FTE
NAT-TCR Tishler Industries Incorporated 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Rai Mx Ind 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Power Services : RT - Cincinnati, OH, USA 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Wausau (Wiwas) 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Atlantic Nurseries, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3105 Republic Services of South Carolina, Hilton Head 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE GCT - Sharonville 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE GCR - Dayton 25 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.