General-line groceries merchant wholesalers · Wisconsin

Merrill Distributing Inc

Merrill, WI · ~74 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merrill Distributing Inc runs at 226% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General-line groceries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Merrill Distributing Inc: 5.0 TCR = 226% of General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merrill Distributing Inc safety composite

Merrill Distributing Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Merrill Distributing Inc: 5.8 → 10.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 10.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.09× in 2024

Merrill Distributing Inc's TCR rose 5.0 from 5.8 in 2017 to 10.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424410 · Merrill, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.0 · 226% of ind

  • DART 5.4 DART
  • RANK #13/45
  • PHOTO The Chefs' Warehouse…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Chefs' Warehouse Mid-Atlantic, LLC-Swedesboro, NJ (0.0 TCR gap)

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Merrill Distributing Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merrill Distributing Inc averages 5.0 TCR (226% of the General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Merrill Distributing Inc TCR series: 2017=5.8 · 2018=6.6 · 2020=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=10.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Merrill Distributing Inc falls in its industry

1,651 General-line groceries merchan establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 45 General-line groceries merchan employers in Wisconsin.

Merrill Distributing Inc (74 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Merrill Distributing Inc
Merrill Distributing Inc (74 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Merrill Distributing Inc has fewer employees than the General-line groceries merchant wholesal median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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 10.8 5.4 6 0 0
2023 6.6 6.6 3 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 6.6 5.3 5 0 0
2017 5.8 4.6 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424410 · WI · Merrill

1,651 General-line groceries merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 49 employers in Merrill, WI · 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 The Chefs' Warehouse Mid-Atlantic, LLC-Swedesboro, NJ 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Quality Beverage LLC Columbia SC 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Paisano Store 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bayside Foods, Inc. DBA Bonollo Provisions 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fun Company 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Summerset Marine Construction 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Klein-Dickert Milwaukee, Inc. 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Black-Haak Heating, Inc. 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR Merrill Area Public Schools 440 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1366 240 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1366 224 FTE
CITY-NEAR Weinbrenner Shoe Company, INC. - Merrill 200 FTE
NAT-TCR Flying Food Group DFW 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Springtree Operations LLC 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Charlotte Operator LLC 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR American Highway 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE New Tech 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bilstein Cold Rolled Steel LLP 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lamb & Veal, Maintenance 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wickshire Tamarac 74 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, 2020, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.