Bed stores, retail · Kansas

Merriam

Merriam, KS · ~120 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merriam runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Bed stores, retail workplace, earning a grade A.

Merriam: 1.7 TCR = 49% of Bed stores, retail BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merriam safety composite

Merriam scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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%).

Merriam held a steady TCR band

Merriam's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.0 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 442110 · Merriam, KS AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.7 · 49% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/14
  • PHOTO ALLNCE-B5510-AFH- AL…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~120 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ALLNCE-B5510-AFH- ALLIANCE STORE (0.0 TCR gap)

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Merriam in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merriam averages 1.7 TCR (49% of the Bed stores, retail BLS benchmark).

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

Merriam TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Merriam falls in its industry

2,215 Bed stores, retail establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 14 Bed stores, retail employers in Kansas.

Merriam (120 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 5.0 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Merriam
Merriam (120 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Merriam has more employees than the Bed stores, retail median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 1.7 1.7 0 1 0
2022 1.4 1.4 2 0 0
2021 3.7 3.7 6 0 0
2020 3.2 2.4 4 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

442110 · KS · Merriam

2,215 Bed stores, retail employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 24 employers in Merriam, KS · 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 ALLNCE-B5510-AFH- ALLIANCE STORE 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Woodley's CS Store 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR HENRIETTA 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR E3-FAIRFIELD 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Elkhorn Valley Packing 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Morton Salt 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE TAMKO - Phillipsburg 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE North American Specialty Products 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR IBT, Inc. 374 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cohen Esrey 304 FTE
CITY-NEAR 96920030-103 DS BUS LINES, INC.-MERRIAM 215 FTE
CITY-NEAR IKEA #374 Merriam 201 FTE
NAT-TCR Superior graphite 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 3393 - LA Bonnie Brae 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Medical Care, LLC 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Allnce-B5510-Afh- Alliance Store 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Olympia Convalescent Hospital 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 1745 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE AAW - New Haven 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Solon Pointe Healthcare LLC 120 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, 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.