Tarpaulins made from purchased fabrics · Pennsylvania

Merlot Tarpaulin & Sidekit

Verona, PA · ~30 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
18.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merlot Tarpaulin & Sidekit runs at 571% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Tarpaulins made from purchased fabrics workplace, earning a grade F.

Merlot Tarpaulin & Sidekit: 18.8 TCR = 571% of Tarpaulins made from purchased fabrics BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merlot Tarpaulin & Sidekit safety composite

Merlot Tarpaulin & Sidekit scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 18.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−9.2

2019→2020

Merlot Tarpaulin & Sidekit injury rate improved

Merlot Tarpaulin & Sidekit's TCR fell 9.2 from 23.4 in 2019 to 14.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 23.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=23.4 · 2020=14.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 314910 · Verona, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 18.8 · 571% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #7/7
  • PHOTO Eclipse Shading Syst…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Eclipse Shading Systems (1.3 TCR gap)

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Merlot Tarpaulin & Sidekit in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merlot Tarpaulin & Sidekit averages 18.8 TCR (571% of the Tarpaulins made from purchased fabrics BLS benchmark).

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

Merlot Tarpaulin & Sidekit TCR series: 2019=23.4 · 2020=14.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Merlot Tarpaulin & Sidekit falls in its industry

141 Tarpaulins made from purchased establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Tarpaulins made from purchased employers in Pennsylvania.

Merlot Tarpaulin & Sidekit (30 employees, TCR 18.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.9 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Merlot Tarpaulin & Sidekit
Merlot Tarpaulin & Sidekit (30 employees, TCR 18.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Merlot Tarpaulin & Sidekit has fewer employees than the Tarpaulins made from purchased fabrics median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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
2020 14.3 4.8 3 0 0
2019 23.4 10.0 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

314910 · PA · Verona

141 Tarpaulins made from purchased fabrics employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 15 employers in Verona, PA · 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 Eclipse Shading Systems 20.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Runners Diversified Inc., d/b/a SLW 20.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lightweight Manufacturing 16.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR AI Innovations 16.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Esbenshade Maytown 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE BJE Poultry 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Superior Energy Resources, LLC 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Panda Patriot, LLC 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Longwood at Oakmont 273 FTE
CITY-NEAR Verona 256 FTE
CITY-NEAR Seneca Place 175 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bunting Graphics, Inc 107 FTE
NAT-TCR Provident Village at Creekside 18.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Rosenberg Ofc/Whse 18.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Woodbriar 18.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-SWY-0025-0025-01895 18.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE The CORE Group- South FL 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE MPM - New Smynra Beach 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE RW Products LLC 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Talus Construction, Inc 30 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: 2020, 2019. 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.