Framing contractors · California

Merit Framing

Temecula, CA · ~220 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
1
Fatality

The verdict

Merit Framing runs at 220% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Framing contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.2
avg TCR · per 100 workers
2.8
industry benchmark (BLS)
1
worker fatalities on record

Grade compares Merit Framing's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 8 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.

Injury rate over time

Merit Framing's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.8 industry benchmark.

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Total Case Rate (recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers), OSHA ITA Form 300A. Industry benchmark: BLS IIF, NAICS 238130.

Where Merit Framing falls in its industry

413 Framing contractors establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #44 safest of 107 Framing contractors employers in California.

Merit Framing has an average TCR of 6.2, which is 220% of the industry average (2.8) for Framing contractors. This is significantly worse than average.

The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.

Trend analysis for Merit Framing

Between 2017 and 2024, Merit Framing's Total Case Rate held roughly steady from 7.3 to 7.1 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 2% decrease across 7 years of OSHA reporting.

The safest year on record was 2018, at a TCR of 1.7, while 2023 saw the highest rate, at 10.4, a spread of 8.7 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.

Summed across those 8 reporting years, Merit Framing recorded 65 total injuries and illnesses and 1 fatality. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 8-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.

Verify This Employer with OSHA

All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Merit Framing's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 238130 - Framing contractors.

DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)

DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.

7 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 225,570 hours worked = 6.21 DART

Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping

Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State

Benchmark TCR Source
Merit Framing (this establishment) 6.16 OSHA ITA Form 300A, 8-year avg
Carpentry, framing industry avg 2.80 BLS IIF, NAICS 238130
California state avg (all industries) 5.64 OSHA ITA, state-level rollup

Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program

Reportable Incident Timeline

Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Merit Framing to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.

Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 7.1 6.2 8 0 1
2023 10.4 9.8 16 0 0
2022 5.9 5.9 7 0 0
2021 4.5 3.8 6 0 0
2020 6.8 6.8 6 0 0
2019 5.6 3.6 11 0 0
2018 1.7 1.7 4 0 0
2017 7.3 5.2 7 0 0

What this grade means for you

Use this grade as a relative read on Merit Framing's reported OSHA injury record versus its Framing contractors peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.

  • At 220% of the Framing contractors benchmark, Merit Framing reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
  • Judge this record against the wider Framing contractors sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
  • Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another

Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Merit Framing's safety grade?
Merit Framing has a safety grade of F (Failing Safety Record). This grade is based on their average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 6.2 compared to the BLS industry benchmark of 2.8 for Framing contractors.
How many injuries has Merit Framing reported?
Merit Framing has reported 65 total injuries and 1 fatalities across 8 years of OSHA data (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017). This data comes from mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reports.

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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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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

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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.