Milk production, dairy cattle · New York

Merrell Dairy, LLC

Wolcott, NY · ~65 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merrell Dairy, LLC runs at 178% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Milk production, dairy cattle workplace, earning a grade D.

Merrell Dairy, LLC: 8.0 TCR = 178% of Milk production, dairy cattle BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merrell Dairy, LLC safety composite

Merrell Dairy, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

−1.2

2016→2024

Merrell Dairy, LLC injury rate improved

Merrell Dairy, LLC's TCR fell 1.2 from 5.4 in 2016 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 19.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.4 · 2017=8.8 · 2018=6.7 · 2020=19.1 · 2021=8.5 · 2022=5.0 · 2023=6.2 · 2024=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112120 · Wolcott, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.0 · 178% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #65/70
  • PHOTO Rock Prairie Dairy LLC
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 48 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rock Prairie Dairy LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Merrell Dairy, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merrell Dairy, LLC averages 8.0 TCR (178% of the Milk production, dairy cattle BLS benchmark).

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

Merrell Dairy, LLC TCR series: 2016=5.4 · 2017=8.8 · 2018=6.7 · 2020=19.1 · 2021=8.5 · 2022=5 · 2023=6.2 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Merrell Dairy, LLC falls in its industry

530 Milk production, dairy cattle establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #65 safest of 70 Milk production, dairy cattle employers in New York.

Merrell Dairy, LLC (65 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.0 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Merrell Dairy, LLC
Merrell Dairy, LLC (65 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Merrell Dairy, LLC has more employees than the Milk production, dairy cattle median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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 4.3 3.2 4 0 0
2023 6.2 6.2 6 0 0
2022 5.0 5.0 5 0 0
2021 8.5 8.5 6 0 0
2020 19.1 14.3 8 0 0
2018 6.7 3.4 6 0 0
2017 8.8 5.5 8 0 0
2016 5.4 4.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112120 · NY · Wolcott

530 Milk production, dairy cattle employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 3 employers in Wolcott, NY · 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 Rock Prairie Dairy LLC 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hidden View Dairy, LLC 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pinnacle Dairy, LP 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Double Diamond Dairy 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pearl Creek Management, Inc. 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE John B Martin & Sons Farms, Inc 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE NYSEG Hornell 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corning Natural Gas Corporation 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR Farm 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fowler Bros,. Inc 13 FTE
NAT-TCR 143 Cheshire Ct 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ethan Allen Service Center - Newtown CT 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR XCJ 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Rayco Roof Service, Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE LSB - Bloomington 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Geauga Mechanical Co., Inc. 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3081 Keystone Miami 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Redner's Warehouse Market Pennside 65 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, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.