Windows, metal, manufacturing · Virginia

Merit Commercial Windows

Name: Merit Commercial Windows Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lorton, VA · ~37 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Merit Commercial Windows runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Windows, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Merit Commercial Windows: 4.3 TCR = 129% of Windows, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merit Commercial Windows safety composite

Merit Commercial Windows scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 8%), 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): D 4.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers
DART rate: F 8.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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 Commercial Windows: 0.0 → 8.5 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 8.5 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2019

Merit Commercial Windows's TCR rose 8.5 from 0.0 in 2018 to 8.5 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332321 · Lorton, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 129% of ind

DART 8.5 DART
RANK #3/5
PHOTO Portal, Inc.
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Portal, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.3
Portal, Inc.

4.3
Des Moines, Io

4.3
Blender Produc

4.3
Quanex Screens

4.3

What this shows Merit Commercial Windows averages 4.3 TCR (129% of the Windows, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Merit Commercial Windows TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=8.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Merit Commercial Windows falls in its industry

515 Windows, metal, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Windows, metal, manufacturing employers in Virginia.

Merit Commercial Windows (37 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 83 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Merit Commercial Windows has fewer employees than the Windows, metal, manufacturing 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	Fatalities
2019	8.5	8.5	3	0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332321 · VA · Lorton

515 Windows, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 64 employers in Lorton, VA · 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	Portal, Inc.	AVON, MA	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Des Moines, Iowa	DES MOINES, IA	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Blender Products INC	AURORA, CO	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Quanex Screens Des Moines	DES MOINES, IA	4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Silver Creek Orchards, Inc.	TYRO	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Robert S. Coleman Lumber Co., Inc	CULPEPER	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pulaski Svc Ctr	PULASKI	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Central District	CREWE	37 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lorton Transportation Center	Lorton	1,372 FTE
CITY-NEAR	7040 TRANSIT REGION-DIAMOND TRANSPORTATION	Lorton	361 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Maryland	Lorton	316 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Virginia	Lorton	313 FTE
NAT-TCR	4603 Sacramento Millwork	Sacramento, CA	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	5472-Swy 0035 0693	Washington, DC	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	6400-Swy 0027 1551	Seattle, WA	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	AMB322 Boston	Woburn, MA	4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Harmony Press Inc	Easton, PA	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	2200 Everett Lbm	Everett, WA	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Morgan Advanced Materials	Emporia, KS	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	GA 707 E First St	Rome, GA	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: 2019, 2018. 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.