Make-up (i.e., cosmetics) manufacturing · California

Merle Norman Cosmetics, Inc.

Name: Merle Norman Cosmetics, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Los Angeles, CA · ~220 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Merle Norman Cosmetics, Inc. runs at 205% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Make-up (i.e., cosmetics) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Merle Norman Cosmetics, Inc.: 6.8 TCR = 205% of Make-up (i.e., cosmetics) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merle Norman Cosmetics, Inc. safety composite

Merle Norman Cosmetics, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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).

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−1.8

2017→2023

Merle Norman Cosmetics, Inc. injury rate improved

Merle Norman Cosmetics, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.8 from 6.7 in 2017 to 4.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.7 · 2021=5.8 · 2022=9.7 · 2023=4.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325620 · Los Angeles, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 205% of ind

DART 2.9 DART
RANK #34/38
PHOTO ORLY International, …
BOOK 4y book
INJ 56 inj
SIZE ~220 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ORLY International, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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What this shows Merle Norman Cosmetics, Inc. averages 6.8 TCR (205% of the Make-up (i.e., cosmetics) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Merle Norman Cosmetics, Inc. TCR series: 2017=6.7 · 2021=5.8 · 2022=9.7 · 2023=4.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Merle Norman Cosmetics, Inc. falls in its industry

260 Make-up (i.e., cosmetics) manu establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 38 Make-up (i.e., cosmetics) manu employers in California.

Merle Norman Cosmetics, Inc. (220 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 161 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Merle Norman Cosmetics, Inc. has more employees than the Make-up (i.e., cosmetics) manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2023	4.9	2.9	10
2022	9.7	6.3	17
2021	5.8	2.9	12
2017	6.7	6.7	17

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325620 · CA · Los Angeles

260 Make-up (i.e., cosmetics) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 2,064 employers in Los Angeles, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	ORLY International, Inc.	VAN NUYS, CA	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Marcy Laboratories	WEST CHICAGO, IL	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Crabtree & Evelyn, Ltd Distribution Center	WOODSTOCK, CT	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Developlus Inc	CORONA, CA	7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Corralitos Nursery	WATSONVILLE	220 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sempra Energy Headquarters - 50	SAN DIEGO	220 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Placer County Water Agency (PCWA	AUBURN	220 FTE
STATE-SIZE	JERO Corp	DANVILLE	220 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Live Nation Worldwide, Inc.	Los Angeles	50,317 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UC Los Angeles	Los Angeles	40,333 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LADWP	Los Angeles	11,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Los Angeles Department of Water and Power	Los Angeles	10,346 FTE
NAT-TCR	Us Autoforce Colorado Springs	Colorado Springs, CO	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	US Foods Salt Lake City	Ogden, UT	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Nelcorp Electrical Contracting	Endwell, NY	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Bengtson Center for Aesthetics and Plastic Surgery	Grand Rapids, MI	6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies	Northfield, NH	220 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Arcosa #1675	Tulsa, OK	220 FTE
NAT-SIZE	JLJI Enterprises INC	Euclid, OH	220 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mariner Construction	Tacoma, WA	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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2017. 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.