Addition, alteration and renovation for-sale builders, commercial and institutional building · Iowa

Merit Construction Company

Cedar Rapids, IA · ~26 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merit Construction Company runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Addition, alteration and renovation for-sale builders, commercial and institutional building workplace, earning a grade C.

Merit Construction Company: 2.5 TCR = 87% of Addition, alteration and renovation for-sale builders, commercial and institutional building BLS 2.9 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merit Construction Company safety composite

Merit Construction Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.8

2016→2024

Merit Construction Company injury rate improved

Merit Construction Company's TCR fell 2.8 from 2.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.8 · 2017=8.2 · 2018=3.0 · 2019=4.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236220 · Cedar Rapids, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.5 · 87% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #33/75
  • PHOTO 1041 - BELFOR Akron OH
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1041 - BELFOR Akron OH (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

TCR

What this shows Merit Construction Company averages 2.5 TCR (87% of the Addition, alteration and renovation for-sale builders, commercial and institutional building BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Merit Construction Company TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=8.2 · 2018=3 · 2019=4 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.9

Where Merit Construction Company falls in its industry

4,692 Addition, alteration and renov establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 75 Addition, alteration and renov employers in Iowa.

Merit Construction Company (26 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0100200300400500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Merit Construction Company
Merit Construction Company (26 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Merit Construction Company has fewer employees than the Addition, alteration and renovation for- median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.7 4.7 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.0 0.0 1 0 0
2018 3.0 0.0 1 0 0
2017 8.2 2.7 3 0 0
2016 2.8 2.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · IA · Cedar Rapids

4,692 Addition, alteration and renovation for-sale builders, commercial and institutional building employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 466 employers in Cedar Rapids, IA · 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 1041 - BELFOR Akron OH 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stucture Tone, LLC 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brackett Builders, Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Austin Jones Corp. 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eastwood Sow Unit 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4806-Urbandale, IA 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE DBQ Downtown Office 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Iowa Electric Cooperative 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids IA 400 NE) 6,179 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rockwell Collins - Cedar Rapids C Ave 6,172 FTE
CITY-NEAR CRST EXPEDITED INC 3,475 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Methodist Hospital 2,949 FTE
NAT-TCR Woody Bogler Trucking Company 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Jarrett Builders, Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Field Sales West 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Media Real Estate - Media location 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Russell Drive 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE QLF, Inc. 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crown Lift Trucks Bloomington 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE UMC Rancho QC/PC 26 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.