Data processing computer services · Illinois

Merrill Corporation Wacker

Chicago, IL · ~52 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merrill Corporation Wacker runs at 206% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Data processing computer services workplace, earning a grade F.

Merrill Corporation Wacker: 1.4 TCR = 206% of Data processing computer services BLS 0.7 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merrill Corporation Wacker safety composite

Merrill Corporation Wacker scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 1.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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 Corporation Wacker: 0.0 → 2.9 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 2.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2017

Merrill Corporation Wacker's TCR rose 2.9 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 518210 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 1.4 · 206% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/5
  • PHOTO Finance Department
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Finance Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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Merrill Corporation Wacker in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merrill Corporation Wacker averages 1.4 TCR (206% of the Data processing computer services BLS benchmark).

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

Merrill Corporation Wacker TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=2.9 · BLS 0.7

Where Merrill Corporation Wacker falls in its industry

180 Data processing computer servi establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Data processing computer servi employers in Illinois.

Merrill Corporation Wacker (52 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 182 employees and a TCR of 0.6 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Merrill Corporation Wacker
Merrill Corporation Wacker (52 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 182 employees and a TCR of 0.6

Merrill Corporation Wacker has fewer employees than the Data processing computer services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.6. 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 2.9 0.0 0 1 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

518210 · IL · Chicago

180 Data processing computer services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, IL · 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 Finance Department 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR VA - NTT Global Data Centers Americas 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Location 15060 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ciox Health, LLC - New Bird Office 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Curative Health Cultivation LLC 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2502-Ashton, IL (Monsanto Co.) 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sauget 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1240-Monmouth, IL (Monsanto Co.) 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Carroll House Inc 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR CentralPark 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Ryerson- Los Angeles 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR DSL_JACKSONVILLE_8001_FL 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rocky Mountain Stonework, Inc. 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Hartville LLC 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Sikeston at Clearview Inc 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Buckhead Meat of North Carolina 52 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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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.