Express delivery services (except establishments operating under a universal service obligation) · North Carolina

Merich Delivery Inc

Arden, NC · ~76 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
6.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merich Delivery Inc runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Express delivery services (except establishments operating under a universal service obligation) workplace, earning a grade B.

Merich Delivery Inc: 3.6 TCR = 56% of Express delivery services (except establishments operating under a universal service obligation) BLS 6.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merich Delivery Inc safety composite

Merich Delivery Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
C 4.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Merich Delivery Inc: 3.0 → 4.3 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.19× in 2023

Merich Delivery Inc's TCR rose 1.4 from 3.0 in 2022 to 4.3 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 492110 · Arden, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.6 · 56% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #37/214
  • PHOTO ARDER - DERMOTT
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ARDER - DERMOTT (0.0 TCR gap)

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Merich Delivery Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merich Delivery Inc averages 3.6 TCR (56% of the Express delivery services (except establishments operating under a universal service obligation) BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Merich Delivery Inc TCR series: 2022=3 · 2023=4.3 · BLS 6.5

Where Merich Delivery Inc falls in its industry

6,679 Express delivery services (exc establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 214 Express delivery services (exc employers in North Carolina.

Merich Delivery Inc (76 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 8.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Merich Delivery Inc
Merich Delivery Inc (76 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 8.0

Merich Delivery Inc has fewer employees than the Express delivery services (except establ median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 8.0. 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
2023 4.3 4.3 3 0 0
2022 3.0 3.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

492110 · NC · Arden

6,679 Express delivery services (except establishments operating under a universal service obligation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 77 employers in Arden, NC · 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 ARDER - DERMOTT 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - MTN6 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR FedEx 201 SW AIRPORT RD 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR TNSPA - SPARTA 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Universal Healthcare Brunswick 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE WNC5 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Peak Resources-Outer Banks 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mebane Ridge Assisted Living 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR ASHEVILLE NC 997 FTE
CITY-NEAR DUKE-ASHEVILLE 847 FTE
CITY-NEAR BorgWarner Asheville 680 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jabil Healthcare Asheville 566 FTE
NAT-TCR Livingston Deli 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR DeWolfe Place 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sancta Maria Nursing Facility 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR CAL025 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Smith Center 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE 10398 Montana Avenue (WO) 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Conley 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Joe-Anne Burgin Health and Rehabilitation 76 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. 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.