Framing contractors · Illinois

Merit Contractors, LLC 2016

Spring Grove, IL · ~110 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merit Contractors, LLC 2016 runs at 368% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Framing contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Merit Contractors, LLC 2016: 10.3 TCR = 368% of Framing contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merit Contractors, LLC 2016 safety composite

Merit Contractors, LLC 2016 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

−1.1

2016→2018

Merit Contractors, LLC 2016 injury rate improved

Merit Contractors, LLC 2016's TCR fell 1.1 from 10.8 in 2016 to 9.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.8 · 2018=9.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238130 · Spring Grove, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.3 · 368% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #22/27
  • PHOTO CAL-COAST CONSTRUCTI…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~110 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CAL-COAST CONSTRUCTION SPECIALTIES, INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Merit Contractors, LLC 2016 in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Merit Contractors, LLC 2016 averages 10.3 TCR (368% of the Framing contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Merit Contractors, LLC 2016 TCR series: 2016=10.8 · 2018=9.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Merit Contractors, LLC 2016 falls in its industry

387 Framing contractors establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 27 Framing contractors employers in Illinois.

Merit Contractors, LLC 2016 (110 employees, TCR 10.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Merit Contractors, LLC 2016
Merit Contractors, LLC 2016 (110 employees, TCR 10.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Merit Contractors, LLC 2016 has more employees than the Framing contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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
2018 9.7 6.2 11 0 0
2016 10.8 10.8 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238130 · IL · Spring Grove

387 Framing contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 14 employers in Spring Grove, IL · 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 CAL-COAST CONSTRUCTION SPECIALTIES, INC 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Timberland Inc 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR A.J. DECKER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR CTC Frame & Finish Carpentry Inc 10.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lankford Construction Company 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE ROSSI CONTRACTORS, INC. 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE 141 - Great Hills Constructors 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plibrico Refractories LLC 110 FTE
CITY-NEAR Scot Forge - Spring Grove 334 FTE
CITY-NEAR NAI-0032-0032-03415 FAC-03415-SPRING GROVE-IL 154 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5472-000003415 145 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5472-NAI-0032-0032-03415 142 FTE
NAT-TCR Midwest Acoustics, Inc. 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Parke View Rehabilitation and Care Center 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Terminix Service, Inc. Hartsville 66- 15 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR N and R of Nixa LLC 10.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE SSA Cooper Wilmington 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Charlotte (Pioneer Ave.) 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elmsford Elite Laundry, LLC 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE QSI Vienna 110 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: 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.