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
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

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.

Merit Framing: 6.2 TCR = 220% of Framing contractors BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merit Framing safety composite

Merit Framing scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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%).

Merit Framing held a steady TCR band

Merit Framing's TCR held near 0.2 from 7.3 in 2017 to 7.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.3 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=6.8 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=10.4 · 2024=7.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238130 · Temecula, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.2 · 220% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #37/99
  • PHOTO Mesa (Southwest) FS …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 65 inj
  • SIZE ~220 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mesa (Southwest) FS AAT (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · California employers → · Look up another →

Merit Framing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merit Framing averages 6.2 TCR (220% of the Framing contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Merit Framing TCR series: 2017=7.3 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=6.8 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=10.4 · 2024=7.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Merit Framing falls in its industry

387 Framing contractors establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 99 Framing contractors employers in California.

Merit Framing (220 employees, TCR 6.2) 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 Framing
Merit Framing (220 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Merit Framing 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
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

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238130 · CA · Temecula

387 Framing contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 164 employers in Temecula, CA · 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 Mesa (Southwest) FS AAT 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Norcross (Atlanta) FS AAT 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ace Carpentry Inc 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main Office 6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corralitos Nursery 220 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sempra Energy Headquarters - 50 220 FTE
STATE-SIZE Placer County Water Agency (PCWA 220 FTE
STATE-SIZE JERO Corp 220 FTE
CITY-NEAR AV Temecula Campus 1,638 FTE
CITY-NEAR AV-Temecula Campus 1,493 FTE
CITY-NEAR 289 TEMECULA VALLEY HOSPITAL, INC.-TEMECULA VALLEY HOSPITAL 1,200 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2576-289 726 FTE
NAT-TCR South Lyon Medical Center 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR HEC Mfg 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Westgate Cocoa Beach Resort 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR District Administrative Center 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Owen Steel 220 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tetra Pak Inc. - Vernon Hills 220 FTE
NAT-SIZE Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency 220 FTE
NAT-SIZE Warlick YMCA 220 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. 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.