Automobile dealers, new only or new and used · Minnesota

Merit Chevrolet

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Maplewood, MN · ~99 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.8
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Merit Chevrolet runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Automobile dealers, new only or new and used workplace, earning a grade D.

Merit Chevrolet: 4.8 TCR = 142% of Automobile dealers, new only or new and used BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merit Chevrolet safety composite

Merit Chevrolet scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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).

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

Merit Chevrolet: 5.2 → 5.9 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.49× in 2021

Merit Chevrolet's TCR rose 0.7 from 5.2 in 2016 to 5.9 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 441110 · Maplewood, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 142% of ind

DART 2.4 DART
RANK #150/240
PHOTO DCH CJD of Temecula
BOOK 6y book
INJ 27 inj
SIZE ~99 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DCH CJD of Temecula (0.0 TCR gap)

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Peacock Ford

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What this shows Merit Chevrolet averages 4.8 TCR (142% of the Automobile dealers, new only or new and used BLS benchmark).

Merit Chevrolet TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=1 · 2019=5 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=5.9 · BLS 3.4

Where Merit Chevrolet falls in its industry

2,847 Automobile dealers, new only o establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #150 safest of 240 Automobile dealers, new only o employers in Minnesota.

Merit Chevrolet (99 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Merit Chevrolet has more employees than the Automobile dealers, new only or new and median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2021	5.9	2.4	5
2020	7.5	5.4	7
2019	5.0	3.0	5
2018	1.0	1.0	1
2017	4.3	3.3	4
2016	5.2	4.2	5

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

441110 · MN · Maplewood

2,847 Automobile dealers, new only or new and used employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 122 employers in Maplewood, MN · 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	DCH CJD of Temecula	TEMECULA, CA	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Billion Chevrolet Buick GMC Cadillac	IOWA CITY, IA	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hyundai- Springfield	SPRINGFIELD, MA	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Peacock Ford	MAITLAND, FL	4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	A.W. Kuettel & Sons, Inc.	DULUTH	99 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Solid-Employees LLC	WEST ST PAUL	99 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Phase Electric, Inc	BLOOMINGTON	99 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Land O Lakes - Pine Island, MN	PINE ISLAND	99 FTE
CITY-NEAR	3M Center	Maplewood	15,771 FTE
CITY-NEAR	FV St. John's Hospital	Maplewood	2,053 FTE
CITY-NEAR	FV St Johns Hospital	Maplewood	2,020 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. John's Hospital	Maplewood	1,574 FTE
NAT-TCR	CN - West Grove	West Grove, PA	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	OAK - Maintenance	Oakland, CA	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	CRRST - Central Garden Retail Merchandising	Atlanta, GA	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Elk Grove Plant	Elk Grove, CA	4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Life Sciences : IDT - Coralville 2470	Coralville, IA	99 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dairy Farm	Greenleaf, WI	99 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Flavor Producers - Sharonville, OH	Saharonville, OH	99 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Key Mechanical Kent	Kent, WA	99 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: 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.