Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing · Texas

Merrick Petcare

Name: Merrick Petcare Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Hereford, TX · ~366 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 3.9
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Merrick Petcare runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Merrick Petcare: 2.3 TCR = 59% of Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merrick Petcare safety composite

Merrick Petcare scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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

−1.0

2017→2021

Merrick Petcare injury rate improved

Merrick Petcare's TCR fell 1.0 from 2.8 in 2017 to 1.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.8 · 2021=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311111 · Hereford, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 59% of ind

DART 0.8 DART
RANK #4/16
PHOTO J.M. Smucker Decatur
BOOK 2y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~366 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: J.M. Smucker Decatur (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Merrick Petcare averages 2.3 TCR (59% of the Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Merrick Petcare TCR series: 2017=2.8 · 2021=1.8 · BLS 3.9

Where Merrick Petcare falls in its industry

302 Dog and cat food (e.g., canned establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 16 Dog and cat food (e.g., canned employers in Texas.

Merrick Petcare (366 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 103 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Merrick Petcare has more employees than the Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, fro median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2021	1.8	0.8	4	7	0
2017	2.8	1.2	8	4	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311111 · TX · Hereford

302 Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 38 employers in Hereford, TX · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	J.M. Smucker Decatur	DECATUR, AL	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	RCR	ROLLA, MO	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	TDBBS LLC	RICHMOND, VA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PCB - Perfection Pet Foods Biscuit	VISALIA, CA	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Baytown, TX (IBDH)	BAYTOWN	366 FTE
STATE-SIZE	JLG Structures	HOUSTON	366 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Acoustics & Drywall Inc	DALLAS	366 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hudson Products Corporation	BEASLEY	366 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Caviness Beef	Hereford	1,334 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Caviness	Hereford	781 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nestle Purina Pet Car (Merrick Pet Care)	Hereford	372 FTE
CITY-NEAR	3384	Hereford	238 FTE
NAT-TCR	S&K Building Services	Indianapolis, IN	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	MGI-5400	Crystal, MN	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Whitfield Service Center	Palmetto, FL	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Apex Site Solutions	Elk Grove, CA	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Canoo Corporate Headquarters	Torrance, CA	366 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sun Industrial Group, LLC	Lake Charles, LA	366 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Woodlawn	Canton, OH	366 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Armstrong World Industries- Macon Ceiling Tile Plant	Macon, GA	366 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: 2021, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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