Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing · Michigan

Merrill Fabricators

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Alma, MI · ~126 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Merrill Fabricators runs at 170% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Merrill Fabricators: 5.6 TCR = 170% of Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merrill Fabricators safety composite

Merrill Fabricators scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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 Fabricators: 4.8 → 6.4 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 6.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.88× in 2017

Merrill Fabricators's TCR rose 1.5 from 4.8 in 2016 to 6.4 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332313 · Alma, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 170% of ind

DART 5.0 DART
RANK #12/18
PHOTO Westside Welding, Inc.
BOOK 2y book
INJ 16 inj
SIZE ~126 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Westside Welding, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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5.6
Westside Weldi

5.6
BALDWIN METALS

5.6
York YOR

5.6
Tumwater

5.6

What this shows Merrill Fabricators averages 5.6 TCR (170% of the Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Merrill Fabricators TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2017=6.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Merrill Fabricators falls in its industry

449 Plate work (e.g., bending, cut establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 18 Plate work (e.g., bending, cut employers in Michigan.

Merrill Fabricators (126 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Merrill Fabricators has more employees than the Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punc median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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	6.4	5.0	9	0	0
2016	4.8	3.5	7	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332313 · MI · Alma

449 Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 53 employers in Alma, 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	Westside Welding, Inc.	CANUTILLO, TX	5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	BALDWIN METALS COMPANY INC	DALLAS, TX	5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	York YOR	YORK, PA	5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tumwater	TUMWATER, WA	5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Allied Power Services - DTE, Fermi Station	NEWPORT	126 FTE
STATE-SIZE	PK Contracting, LLC. Troy	TROY	126 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Michigan	BYRON CENTER	126 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pontiac Ceiling & Partition, LLC	PONTIAC	126 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MidMichigan Medical Center-Gratiot	Alma	616 FTE
CITY-NEAR	IAC Group - Alma Plant	Alma	461 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Avalon & Tahoe Manufacturing	Alma	428 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1422	Alma	249 FTE
NAT-TCR	C2300 - C-2 Medford	Grants Pass, OR	5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Luther Manor	Marinette, WI	5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Nassau (Nynas)	Uniondale, NY	5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lakeshore	Dunkirk, NY	5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Atlanta 04 Bondo	Atlanta, GA	126 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Semrock Inc.	Rochester, NY	126 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Stop & Shop 0430	Bellingham, MA	126 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Legends - Circle Line Cruises	New York, NY	126 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.