Commuter transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combination) · Oregon

Merlo Operations- Operators

Beaverton, OR · ~367 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merlo Operations- Operators runs at 190% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Commuter transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combination) workplace, earning a grade D.

Merlo Operations- Operators: 8.6 TCR = 190% of Commuter transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combination) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merlo Operations- Operators safety composite

Merlo Operations- Operators scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−10.3

2022→2024

Merlo Operations- Operators injury rate improved

Merlo Operations- Operators's TCR fell 10.3 from 13.6 in 2022 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 13.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=13.6 · 2023=8.8 · 2024=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485111 · Beaverton, OR ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 8.6 · 190% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #18/30
  • PHOTO Toledo, OH- Westwood…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 90 inj
  • SIZE ~367 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Toledo, OH- Westwood Ave (0.0 TCR gap)

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Merlo Operations- Operators in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merlo Operations- Operators averages 8.6 TCR (190% of the Commuter transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combination) BLS benchmark).

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

Merlo Operations- Operators TCR series: 2022=13.6 · 2023=8.8 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Merlo Operations- Operators falls in its industry

421 Commuter transit systems, mixe establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 30 Commuter transit systems, mixe employers in Oregon.

Merlo Operations- Operators (367 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 Merlo Operations- Operators
Merlo Operations- Operators (367 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Merlo Operations- Operators has more employees than the Commuter transit systems, mixed mode (e. median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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 3.3 2.8 12 0 0
2023 8.8 5.1 29 0 0
2022 13.6 8.3 49 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485111 · OR · Beaverton

421 Commuter transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combination) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 240 employers in Beaverton, OR · 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 Toledo, OH- Westwood Ave 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1953-2222 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 55558 OCTA Anaheim 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1953-1171 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE 701-00153 367 FTE
STATE-SIZE Township-United Building Services, LLC 367 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cardinal IG -Hood River IG 366 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Oregon Truck Company 366 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nike World Headquarters 14,796 FTE
CITY-NEAR 004-Nike Air Manufacturing Oregon 1,585 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tailwind (IHM - Beaverton) 1,170 FTE
CITY-NEAR Analog Devices 907 FTE
NAT-TCR JRC Virginia 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Denver Center for the Performing Arts 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Air Heater Seal Company Inc. 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR CSL Summit Place LLC 8.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kirkpatrick Management Group 367 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gerdau CVL 367 FTE
NAT-SIZE Duarte Nursery Inc. 367 FTE
NAT-SIZE PLZ Corp Pacific 367 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.