Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid · Indiana

Merrell Bros., Inc.

Kokomo, IN · ~185 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merrell Bros., Inc. runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade A.

Merrell Bros., Inc.: 1.2 TCR = 46% of Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merrell Bros., Inc. safety composite

Merrell Bros., Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

B

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.5

2022→2024

Merrell Bros., Inc. injury rate improved

Merrell Bros., Inc.'s TCR fell 1.5 from 1.9 in 2022 to 0.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=1.9 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=0.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Kokomo, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 46% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/71
  • PHOTO Ozark Hauling
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~185 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ozark Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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Merrell Bros., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merrell Bros., Inc. averages 1.2 TCR (46% of the Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS benchmark).

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

Merrell Bros., Inc. TCR series: 2022=1.9 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=0.4 · BLS 2.6

Where Merrell Bros., Inc. falls in its industry

2,322 Waste collection services, non establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 71 Waste collection services, non employers in Indiana.

Merrell Bros., Inc. (185 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 Merrell Bros., Inc.
Merrell Bros., Inc. (185 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Merrell Bros., Inc. has more employees than the Waste collection services, nonhazardous median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 0.4 0.0 1 0 0
2023 1.3 0.9 3 0 0
2022 1.9 1.4 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · IN · Kokomo

2,322 Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 145 employers in Kokomo, IN · 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 Ozark Hauling 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eliot Hauling 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Prairie State 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Denver North - #4636 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Barth Electric Co., Inc. 185 FTE
STATE-SIZE D.A. Dodd, LLC 185 FTE
STATE-SIZE 7390 185 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hydro - North Liberty 185 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kokomo Transmission Plant 3,289 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fiat Chrysler Automobiles- Indiana Transmission Plant 1 1,590 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indiana Transmission Plant 1 1,545 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kokomo Casting Plant 1,267 FTE
NAT-TCR D.R. Horton, Inc. - Memphis 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Branch 4316 - San Jose 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Fehrs 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Avancez - Flint 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pulverman 185 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cascade General Inc 185 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mikron Denver 185 FTE
NAT-SIZE Family Fresh Pack, Inc. 185 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.