Concrete paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) · Michigan

Merlo Construction Company, Inc.

Milford, MI · ~158 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merlo Construction Company, Inc. runs at 236% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Concrete paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) workplace, earning a grade F.

Merlo Construction Company, Inc.: 6.6 TCR = 236% of Concrete paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merlo Construction Company, Inc. safety composite

Merlo Construction Company, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−1.1

2017→2024

Merlo Construction Company, Inc. injury rate improved

Merlo Construction Company, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.1 from 6.5 in 2017 to 5.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.5 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=10.7 · 2024=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237310 · Milford, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.6 · 236% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #81/139
  • PHOTO LBR NAC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~158 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LBR NAC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Merlo Construction Company, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merlo Construction Company, Inc. averages 6.6 TCR (236% of the Concrete paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) BLS benchmark).

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

Merlo Construction Company, Inc. TCR series: 2017=6.5 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=10.7 · 2024=5.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Merlo Construction Company, Inc. falls in its industry

4,078 Concrete paving (i.e., highway establishments

Safer than 19% 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 #81 safest of 139 Concrete paving (i.e., highway employers in Michigan.

Merlo Construction Company, Inc. (158 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 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 01,0002,0003,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Merlo Construction Company, Inc.
Merlo Construction Company, Inc. (158 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Merlo Construction Company, Inc. has more employees than the Concrete paving (i.e., highway, road, st median and a higher 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
2024 5.4 2.0 8 0 0
2023 10.7 5.3 14 0 0
2022 3.8 0.0 3 2 0
2017 6.5 4.3 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237310 · MI · Milford

4,078 Concrete paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 29 employers in Milford, 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 LBR NAC 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Public Works Administration 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fentress County Highway 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Calhoun County Road Department 6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE PLYMOUTH, MI 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Barrette Outdoor Living 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwest Glass Fabrictors 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Uniloy, Inc. 158 FTE
CITY-NEAR Milford Proving Ground 4,911 FTE
CITY-NEAR 018-00526 181 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kensington Metropark 173 FTE
CITY-NEAR West Hickory Haven 109 FTE
NAT-TCR Giant Food Stores 6516 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 1938 Vernon Hills 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 5034 Breiningsville Rdc 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR AKR 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Midway Nursing Home 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Giant Food Stores 6329 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Giant Food Stores 6081 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Viera Health and Rehabilitation Center 158 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.