Senior citizens' homes without nursing care · South Carolina

Merrill Gardens at Carolina Park

Name: Merrill Gardens at Carolina Park Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Mt Pleasant, SC · ~72 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 12.3
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Merrill Gardens at Carolina Park runs at 323% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Senior citizens' homes without nursing care workplace, earning a grade F.

Merrill Gardens at Carolina Park: 12.3 TCR = 323% of Senior citizens' homes without nursing care BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merrill Gardens at Carolina Park safety composite

Merrill Gardens at Carolina Park scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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).

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 12.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers
DART rate: F 7.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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 Gardens at Carolina Park: 11.2 → 13.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 13.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.62× in 2024

Merrill Gardens at Carolina Park's TCR rose 2.2 from 11.2 in 2023 to 13.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623312 · Mt Pleasant, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.3 · 323% of ind

DART 7.6 DART
RANK #86/107
PHOTO Franciscan Manor
BOOK 2y book
INJ 13 inj
SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Franciscan Manor (0.0 TCR gap)

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Windsor Manor

12.3

What this shows Merrill Gardens at Carolina Park averages 12.3 TCR (323% of the Senior citizens' homes without nursing care BLS benchmark).

Merrill Gardens at Carolina Park TCR series: 2023=11.2 · 2024=13.4 · BLS 3.8

Where Merrill Gardens at Carolina Park falls in its industry

6,510 Senior citizens' homes without establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #86 safest of 107 Senior citizens' homes without employers in South Carolina.

Merrill Gardens at Carolina Park (72 employees, TCR 12.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 7.2

Merrill Gardens at Carolina Park has more employees than the Senior citizens' homes without nursing c median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.2. 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	13.4	7.6	7	0	0
2023	11.2	3.7	6	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623312 · SC · Mt Pleasant

6,510 Senior citizens' homes without nursing care employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 25 employers in Mt Pleasant, SC · 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	Franciscan Manor	BEAVER FALLS, PA	12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	The Retreat at Lady's Island	BEAUFORD, SC	12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Washington Gardens Memory Care	TIGARD, OR	12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Windsor Manor	WEBSTER CITY, IA	12.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Southern Atlantic Mechanical Contractors, LLC	COLUMBIA	72 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Contec, INC. - Flatwood	SPARTANBURG	72 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Valmet Aiken Roll Shop	AIKEN	72 FTE
STATE-SIZE	USHERS MACHINE AND TOOL CO., INC.	GREENVILLE	72 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WANDO HIGH	Mt Pleasant	264 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LUCY BECKHAM HIGH SCHOOL	Mt Pleasant	186 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Store 1081	Mt Pleasant	173 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WANDO COMMUNITY SCHOOL	Mt Pleasant	173 FTE
NAT-TCR	ABF Freight 186	Worcester, MA	12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	YMCA of Memphis - Cordova	Cordova, TN	12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hallmark Stone Company Acquisition LLC	Fenton, MO	12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Raynor Overhead Doors and Gates, Inc.	Pearl City, HI	12.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Sourdough Express, Inc. / Anchorage	Anchorage, AK	72 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Gary Ingram Grading & Paving, Inc	Dadeville, AL	72 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Holmes Lumber 168	Sunbury, OH	72 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Centennial Elementary	Richfield, MN	72 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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