Industrial building (except warehouses) construction, general contractors · Georgia
Merit Construction Company
Atlanta, GA · ~77 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.9
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Merit Construction Company runs at 342% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Industrial building (except warehouses) construction, general contractors workplace, earning a grade F.
Merit Construction Company: 9.9 TCR = 342% of Industrial building (except warehouses) construction, general contractors BLS 2.9 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Merit Construction Company safety composite
Merit Construction Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.91 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.1 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% 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
Merit Construction Company: 12.3 → 14.3 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 14.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.92× in 2024
Merit Construction Company's TCR rose 2.0 from 12.3 in 2021 to 14.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 236210 · Atlanta, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 9.9 · 342% of ind
- DART 9.1 DART
- RANK #41/41
- PHOTO BlueLinx Corporation…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 31 inj
- SIZE ~77 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: BlueLinx Corporation ASTRO (0.0 TCR gap)
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Merit Construction Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- CDK Constructi
CDK Construction Services, Inc.
10 TCR
- This site
Merit Construction Company
9.9 TCR
- BlueLinx Corpo
BlueLinx Corporation ASTRO
9.9 TCR
- Sacramento Pla
Sacramento Plant
9.8 TCR
- Keysteel Corp
Keysteel Corp
9.8 TCR
What this shows Merit Construction Company averages 9.9 TCR (342% of the Industrial building (except warehouses) construction, general contractors BLS benchmark).
Merit Construction Company TCR series: 2021=12.3 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=14.3 · BLS 2.9
Where Merit Construction Company falls in its industry
924 Industrial building (except wa establishmentsSafer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.
Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #41 safest of 41 Industrial building (except wa employers in Georgia.
Merit Construction Company has more employees than the Industrial building (except warehouses) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.3 | 9.1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.8 | 1.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
236210 · GA · Atlanta
924 Industrial building (except warehouses) construction, general contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 1,907 employers in Atlanta, GA · 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 | BlueLinx Corporation ASTRO | 9.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CDK Construction Services, Inc. | 10.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sacramento Plant | 9.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Keysteel Corp | 9.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Traton LLC | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Benton Georgia LLC Douglasville | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Southern Siding and Gutters LLC | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Alpha- Corporate #920 | 77 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Insight Global | 20,586 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Delta Air Lines - ATL Airport | 19,423 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Delta Air Lines - ATL- Airport | 18,018 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northside | 13,761 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Jewish Nursing Home | 9.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amazon.com Services LLC - DDT6 | 9.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | NorthEast Earth Mechanics, LLC | 9.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Vail Health Hospital | 9.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Bison Ridge Construction - Greeley | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Romark Pennsylvania LLC | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Oxford Grand SCV, LLC | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Siersma Elementary School | 77 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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