Building insulation contractors · New Mexico

Merit Insulation, Inc.

Name: Merit Insulation, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Albuquerque, NM · ~18 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.6
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Merit Insulation, Inc. runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Building insulation contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Merit Insulation, Inc.: 2.6 TCR = 92% of Building insulation contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merit Insulation, Inc. safety composite

Merit Insulation, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−5.3

2016→2019

Merit Insulation, Inc. injury rate improved

Merit Insulation, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.3 from 5.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.3 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=5.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238310 · Albuquerque, NM AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 92% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #4/10
PHOTO J.P. Weaver Inc.
BOOK 4y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: J.P. Weaver Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Merit Insulation, Inc. averages 2.6 TCR (92% of the Building insulation contractors BLS benchmark).

Merit Insulation, Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=0 · 2018=5 · 2019=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Merit Insulation, Inc. falls in its industry

1,613 Building insulation contractor establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Mexico alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 10 Building insulation contractor employers in New Mexico.

Merit Insulation, Inc. (18 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Merit Insulation, Inc. has fewer employees than the Building insulation contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	5.0	5.0	1
2017	0.0	0.0	0
2016	5.3	5.3	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · NM · Albuquerque

1,613 Building insulation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,241 rated employers in New Mexico with headcount on file · 944 employers in Albuquerque, NM · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	J.P. Weaver Inc.	WILSON, NC	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Nelson Insulation Company- Wisconsin	LAKE ZURICH, IL	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MAIN	NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lotspeich Contracting, Inc.	BRANDON, FL	2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Gin	VADO	18 FTE
STATE-SIZE	LAS VEGAS YARD	LAS CRUCES	18 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Belen	BELEN	18 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Broken Arrow Electric Co., Inc.	ALBUQUERQUE	18 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NM-01	Albuquerque	4,429 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Presbyterian Hospital	Albuquerque	4,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cooper Administrative Center	Albuquerque	3,531 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - ABQ1	Albuquerque	1,917 FTE
NAT-TCR	Faf Atl	Forest Park, GA	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Beloit Regional Hospice	Beloit, WI	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	OmniSource LLC - SID Trucking	Indianapolis, IN	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mitec Powertrain, Inc	Findlay, OH	2.6 TCR

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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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