General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers · Missouri

Merlin Stelzer Sales Co., Inc.

St. Louis, MO · ~20 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merlin Stelzer Sales Co., Inc. runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

Merlin Stelzer Sales Co., Inc.: 0.8 TCR = 38% of General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merlin Stelzer Sales Co., Inc. safety composite

Merlin Stelzer Sales Co., Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

−4.2

2016→2021

Merlin Stelzer Sales Co., Inc. injury rate improved

Merlin Stelzer Sales Co., Inc.'s TCR fell 4.2 from 4.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423840 · St. Louis, MO AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 38% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/18
  • PHOTO Cleveland - BlackHaw…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cleveland - BlackHawk Industrial (0.0 TCR gap)

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Merlin Stelzer Sales Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merlin Stelzer Sales Co., Inc. averages 0.8 TCR (38% of the General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Merlin Stelzer Sales Co., Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Merlin Stelzer Sales Co., Inc. falls in its industry

589 General-line industrial suppli establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 18 General-line industrial suppli employers in Missouri.

Merlin Stelzer Sales Co., Inc. (20 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Merlin Stelzer Sales Co., Inc.
Merlin Stelzer Sales Co., Inc. (20 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Merlin Stelzer Sales Co., Inc. has fewer employees than the General-line industrial supplies merchan median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.2 4.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423840 · MO · St. Louis

589 General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 686 employers in St. Louis, MO · 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 Cleveland - BlackHawk Industrial 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lawson Products-Corporate 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 202520 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Associated Packaging INC 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE CoverCress INC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE RUCKMAN #9 - 16 & 27 -EST 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Silver Creek Pig, Inc. 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Newport Farms, LLC. 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Monsanto - St. Louis 6,028 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Anthony's Medical Center 3,706 FTE
CITY-NEAR ABI Corporation 2,720 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Louis University Hospital 2,084 FTE
NAT-TCR Off Lease Only LLC Orlando 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Home Office 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 4001 - Eau Claire Admin 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 4769-9972-CORPORATE 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Parks & Rec Building 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE USA Environmental, Inc. - Sunflower 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Polar Service Centers - Port Allen 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grayville 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: 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.