Bulk gasoline stations · Michigan

Merle Boes Inc.

Holland, MI · ~168 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merle Boes Inc. runs at 123% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bulk gasoline stations workplace, earning a grade D.

Merle Boes Inc.: 2.7 TCR = 123% of Bulk gasoline stations BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merle Boes Inc. safety composite

Merle Boes Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.4

2017→2020

Merle Boes Inc. injury rate improved

Merle Boes Inc.'s TCR fell 1.4 from 2.8 in 2017 to 1.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.8 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424710 · Holland, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 2.7 · 123% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/17
  • PHOTO Reladyne West SLC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~168 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Reladyne West SLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Merle Boes Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merle Boes Inc. averages 2.7 TCR (123% of the Bulk gasoline stations BLS benchmark).

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

Merle Boes Inc. TCR series: 2017=2.8 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=1.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Merle Boes Inc. falls in its industry

275 Bulk gasoline stations establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 17 Bulk gasoline stations employers in Michigan.

Merle Boes Inc. (168 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Merle Boes Inc.
Merle Boes Inc. (168 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Merle Boes Inc. has more employees than the Bulk gasoline stations median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2020 1.5 0.0 2 1 0
2019 4.4 4.4 2 0 0
2018 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2017 2.8 2.8 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424710 · MI · Holland

275 Bulk gasoline stations employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 299 employers in Holland, MI · 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 Reladyne West SLC 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4829-12516 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR JSC Terminal LLC, dba Midwest Terminal 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brighton 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Shoreline Fruit LLC 168 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sekisui Voltek, LLC, Coldwater 168 FTE
STATE-SIZE Howmet Aerospace Whitehall Operations - HRC Complex 168 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lacroix Electronics 168 FTE
CITY-NEAR LG Energy Solutions - Holland 1,263 FTE
CITY-NEAR Haworth HQ 1,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR Haworth Office 1,075 FTE
CITY-NEAR PADNOS 912 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Tex Trailer Manufacturing, LLC. - Mt Pleasant 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Entira Family Clinics - White Bear Lake Banning 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Norman 020 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Clark Regional Medical Center 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tessier's Inc 168 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hayward Industries, Inc. 168 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heartland of Dublin 168 FTE
NAT-SIZE NAPA Store Support Norcross 168 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: 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.