Iron work, structural, contractors · Ohio

Merit Erectors, Inc.

Cincinnati, OH · ~28 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merit Erectors, Inc. runs at 37% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Iron work, structural, contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Merit Erectors, Inc.: 1.0 TCR = 37% of Iron work, structural, contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merit Erectors, Inc. safety composite

Merit Erectors, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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 Erectors, Inc.: 0.0 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.1 TCR · DART/TCR 2.99× in 2024

Merit Erectors, Inc.'s TCR rose 3.1 from 0.0 in 2021 to 3.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Cincinnati, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 37% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #3/29
  • PHOTO CP Rebar & Installat…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CP Rebar & Installation,LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Merit Erectors, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merit Erectors, Inc. averages 1.0 TCR (37% of the Iron work, structural, contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Merit Erectors, Inc. TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Merit Erectors, Inc. falls in its industry

705 Iron work, structural, contrac establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 29 Iron work, structural, contrac employers in Ohio.

Merit Erectors, Inc. (28 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Merit Erectors, Inc.
Merit Erectors, Inc. (28 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Merit Erectors, Inc. has fewer employees than the Iron work, structural, contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · OH · Cincinnati

705 Iron work, structural, contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,513 employers in Cincinnati, OH · 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 CP Rebar & Installation,LLC 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR MA Rebar Services 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Schmueser & Associates - Henderson, Nevada 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR High Concrete Group LLC Structure Care 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE H and M Building 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fine Oak Farm 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Case Farms Canton Hatchery 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Small's Sand & Gravel, Inc. 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 17,011 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cincinnati Operations 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain : Evendale, OH 7,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain Evendale OH 6,400 FTE
NAT-TCR Reading Plant 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Eastern Lift Truck Co., Inc. Br18 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR CED Main 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 5456 - Oklahoma City 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ready Roofing, LLC 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sterling Components 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lake Nona Hotel, LLC 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hersherberger Bros Welding, LLC 28 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, 2022, 2021. 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.