Department stores, discount · Mississippi

Meridian Dirt Cheap

Name: Meridian Dirt Cheap Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Meridian, MS · ~37 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.2
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Meridian Dirt Cheap runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Department stores, discount workplace, earning a grade D.

Meridian Dirt Cheap: 5.2 TCR = 151% of Department stores, discount BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Meridian Dirt Cheap safety composite

Meridian Dirt Cheap scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 5.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers
DART rate: F 14.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

Meridian Dirt Cheap: 6.0 → 14.6 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 14.6 TCR · DART/TCR 2.84× in 2023

Meridian Dirt Cheap's TCR rose 8.7 from 6.0 in 2017 to 14.6 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Meridian, MS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 151% of ind

DART 14.6 DART
RANK #29/42
PHOTO 2335 - McKinney
BOOK 4y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2335 - McKinney (0.0 TCR gap)

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5.2
2335 - McKinne

5.2
Unit #0288

5.2
1060 - Madison

5.2
2134 - Kerners

5.2

What this shows Meridian Dirt Cheap averages 5.2 TCR (151% of the Department stores, discount BLS benchmark).

Meridian Dirt Cheap TCR series: 2017=6 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=14.6 · BLS 3.4

Where Meridian Dirt Cheap falls in its industry

4,991 Department stores, discount establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 42 Department stores, discount employers in Mississippi.

Meridian Dirt Cheap (37 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Meridian Dirt Cheap has fewer employees than the Department stores, discount median and a higher 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
2023	14.6	14.6	3
2022	0.0	0.0	0
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2017	6.0	6.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · MS · Meridian

4,991 Department stores, discount employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 147 employers in Meridian, MS · 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	2335 - McKinney	MCKINNEY, TX	5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Unit #0288	PORTLAND, OR	5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	1060 - Madison West	MADISON, WI	5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2134 - Kernersville	KERNERSVILLE, NC	5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Senatobia Network	SENATOBIA	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	hollandale	HOLLANDALE	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dozer, LLC	NATCHEZ	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Malone Roofing Services	JACKSON	37 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Anderson Regional Medical Center North Campus	Meridian	1,189 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Anderson Regional Medical Center	Meridian	1,004 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Progressive Pipeline Construction, LLC - Company	Meridian	848 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rush Foundation Hospital	Meridian	737 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ontario Facility - 02	Ontario, CA	5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	SNL Distribution Services Corp-Lenexa	Lenexa, KS	5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Da Vinci Marble	San Carlos, CA	5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Indianapolis	Rock Island, IL	5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Phenix City Dirt Cheap	Phenix City, AL	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hammond Dirt Cheap	Hammond, LA	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Palos Fire Protection District	Palos Park, IL	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Construction	Danbury, CT	37 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, 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.