Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores · Arizona

Merles Automotive DC

Tucson, AZ · ~54 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merles Automotive DC runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores workplace, earning a grade B.

Merles Automotive DC: 2.0 TCR = 58% of Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merles Automotive DC safety composite

Merles Automotive DC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−0.6

2017→2021

Merles Automotive DC injury rate improved

Merles Automotive DC's TCR fell 0.6 from 2.6 in 2017 to 2.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.6 · 2018=0.0 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 441310 · Tucson, AZ AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 58% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #4/25
  • PHOTO Store 4811 - Clearwa…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Store 4811 - Clearwater Avenue (0.0 TCR gap)

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Merles Automotive DC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merles Automotive DC averages 2.0 TCR (58% of the Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores BLS benchmark).

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

Merles Automotive DC TCR series: 2017=2.6 · 2018=0 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=2 · BLS 3.4

Where Merles Automotive DC falls in its industry

1,258 Automotive Parts and Accessori establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 25 Automotive Parts and Accessori employers in Arizona.

Merles Automotive DC (54 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Merles Automotive DC
Merles Automotive DC (54 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Merles Automotive DC has more employees than the Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2021 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2020 3.3 1.6 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.6 2.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

441310 · AZ · Tucson

1,258 Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 1,150 employers in Tucson, AZ · 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 Store 4811 - Clearwater Avenue 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5396 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR PBY PA Roosevelt Blvd 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 7070 - South Charleston 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Metropolitan Domestic Water Improvement District 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE KB Home Tucson 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lloyd 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hobaica 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Arizona 18,951 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raytheon_Tucson_AZ_Airport Site 9,878 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tucson Medical Center 4,407 FTE
CITY-NEAR U.S. Border Patrol Sector - Tucson 3,989 FTE
NAT-TCR Sodexo at St. Catherine Hospital - Hskp 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 4769-6034-Pottery Barn 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR K101-M001 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Shiloh Bowling Green 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Hobart & William Smith College 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate : BEDFORD PARK 6000 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Three Notch Electric Membership Coperation 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2077-Us Dd Nw Colton Branch 54 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: 2021, 2020, 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.