Plumbing and heating contractors · Nebraska

Merit Mechanical, Inc.

Tilden, NE · ~20 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merit Mechanical, Inc. runs at 341% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Merit Mechanical, Inc.: 9.6 TCR = 341% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merit Mechanical, Inc. safety composite

Merit Mechanical, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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).

D

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

−3.3

2019→2024

Merit Mechanical, Inc. injury rate improved

Merit Mechanical, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.3 from 14.3 in 2019 to 11.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 14.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=14.3 · 2020=10.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=11.4 · 2023=10.8 · 2024=11.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Tilden, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.6 · 341% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #44/49
  • PHOTO Heating & Cooling Tw…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Heating & Cooling Two, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Merit Mechanical, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merit Mechanical, Inc. averages 9.6 TCR (341% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Merit Mechanical, Inc. TCR series: 2019=14.3 · 2020=10 · 2021=0 · 2022=11.4 · 2023=10.8 · 2024=11 · BLS 2.8

Where Merit Mechanical, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #44 safest of 49 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in Nebraska.

Merit Mechanical, Inc. (20 employees, TCR 9.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Merit Mechanical, Inc.
Merit Mechanical, Inc. (20 employees, TCR 9.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Merit Mechanical, Inc. has fewer employees than the Plumbing and heating contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 11.0 0.0 2 0 0
2023 10.8 5.4 2 0 0
2022 11.4 0.0 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 10.0 5.0 2 0 0
2019 14.3 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · NE · Tilden

5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 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 Heating & Cooling Two, Inc. 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacific One Construction 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Benedict Sales & Service - Eau Claire 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Idealair Heating Cooling Inc 9.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sweet Water Cattle Co 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northern Plains 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hamlot, Inc 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buffalo Plains Genetics, LLC. 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tilden 22 FTE
NAT-TCR Heating & Cooling Two, Inc. 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Lifestyle Support Services, Inc. 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Park Maintenance 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Diaco Food Service 9.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pineville Medical Clinic 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gervais 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Snoqualmie Ridge Medical Clinic 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE ACI - Castro Valley 20 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. 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.