Plumbing contractors · Ohio

Merit Plumbing

Maumee, OH · ~51 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merit Plumbing runs at 107% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Plumbing contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Merit Plumbing: 3.0 TCR = 107% of Plumbing contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merit Plumbing safety composite

Merit Plumbing 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

−8.1

2019→2024

Merit Plumbing injury rate improved

Merit Plumbing's TCR fell 8.1 from 8.1 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.1 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=5.2 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Maumee, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 107% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #164/300
  • PHOTO Culligan - Waukesha
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Culligan - Waukesha (0.0 TCR gap)

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Merit Plumbing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merit Plumbing averages 3.0 TCR (107% of the Plumbing contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Merit Plumbing TCR series: 2019=8.1 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=5.2 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Merit Plumbing falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing contractors establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #164 safest of 300 Plumbing contractors employers in Ohio.

Merit Plumbing (51 employees, TCR 3.0) 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 Plumbing
Merit Plumbing (51 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Merit Plumbing has fewer employees than the Plumbing contractors median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 5.2 0.0 2 0 0
2020 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2019 8.1 8.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · OH · Maumee

5,793 Plumbing contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 113 employers in Maumee, 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 Culligan - Waukesha 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lee Mechanical 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Smith Mechanical, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Briarcliff 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Portsmouth Service Center 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE National Gas & Oil 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE 922-NiSource-Zanesville OH-Muskingum Op Ctr 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE GEM Industrial Inc. - Potash PCS 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR TOLEDO (OHTOL) 1,792 FTE
CITY-NEAR OHTOL - TOLEDO 1,745 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Hospital 1,438 FTE
CITY-NEAR McLaren St. Luke's 983 FTE
NAT-TCR JES Engineering Contractors 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR SPI Industries, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Doncasters Southern Tool 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR International Paper - McAllen Container 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Washington Floral Service, Inc. 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Delmar Products 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Seats Vehicle Division 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE HTC Lake Charles 51 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.