Precision turned product manufacturing · Michigan

Merrill Aviation and Defense

Name: Merrill Aviation and Defense Workplace Safety Data
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Saginaw, MI · ~45 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Merrill Aviation and Defense runs at 145% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Precision turned product manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Merrill Aviation and Defense: 4.8 TCR = 145% of Precision turned product manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merrill Aviation and Defense safety composite

Merrill Aviation and Defense scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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).

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Merrill Aviation and Defense: 3.5 → 6.0 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 6.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2017

Merrill Aviation and Defense's TCR rose 2.5 from 3.5 in 2016 to 6.0 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332721 · Saginaw, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 145% of ind

DART 2.0 DART
RANK #31/53
PHOTO Acme Machine Automat…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Acme Machine Automatics, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Acme Machine A

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Katech Inc.

4.8
DACRUZ Manufac

4.8
Sturbridge

4.7

What this shows Merrill Aviation and Defense averages 4.8 TCR (145% of the Precision turned product manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Merrill Aviation and Defense TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2017=6 · BLS 3.3

Where Merrill Aviation and Defense falls in its industry

464 Precision turned product manuf establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 53 Precision turned product manuf employers in Michigan.

Merrill Aviation and Defense (45 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Merrill Aviation and Defense has fewer employees than the Precision turned product manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2017	6.0	2.0	3	0	0
2016	3.5	3.5	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332721 · MI · Saginaw

464 Precision turned product manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 278 employers in Saginaw, MI · 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	Acme Machine Automatics, Inc.	OTTOVILLE, OH	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Katech Inc.	CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DACRUZ Manufacturing	BRISTOL, CT	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sturbridge	STURBRIDGE, MA	4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Grand Junction Office	GRAND JUNCTION	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DeWeerdt Poultry Farm, LLC	HOLLAND	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Clare SC	CLARE	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Thomas Sebold and Associates, Inc.	BLOOMFIELD HILLS	45 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nexteer Automotive Saginaw Site	Saginaw	4,015 FTE
CITY-NEAR	700 Cooper	Saginaw	2,129 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Morley - Saginaw	Saginaw	2,039 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Caravan Facilities Management	Saginaw	1,677 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ft. Lauderdale (Flftl)	Lauderhill, FL	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	300 - Mechanicsburg	Mechanicsburg, PA	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Dakkota Louisville Westport	Louisville, KY	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Location 15035	Long Beach, CA	4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	ADS Waverly	Waverly, NY	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	A.P. Eberlein Co., Inc.	Longmont, CO	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Advance Transit, Inc.	Wilder, VT	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Clean Venture Inc. - Clayton	Clayton, NJ	45 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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