Homes for the elderly without nursing care · California

Merrill Gardens at Lafayette

Lafayette, CA · ~51 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.7
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merrill Gardens at Lafayette runs at 176% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Homes for the elderly without nursing care workplace, earning a grade D.

Merrill Gardens at Lafayette: 6.7 TCR = 176% of Homes for the elderly without nursing care BLS 3.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merrill Gardens at Lafayette safety composite

Merrill Gardens at Lafayette scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.9

2018→2024

Merrill Gardens at Lafayette injury rate improved

Merrill Gardens at Lafayette's TCR fell 0.9 from 3.1 in 2018 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 15.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.1 · 2019=15.3 · 2023=6.0 · 2024=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623312 · Lafayette, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.7 · 176% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #185/635
  • PHOTO Oakmont of Montecito
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Oakmont of Montecito (0.0 TCR gap)

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Merrill Gardens at Lafayette in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merrill Gardens at Lafayette averages 6.7 TCR (176% of the Homes for the elderly without nursing care BLS benchmark).

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

Merrill Gardens at Lafayette TCR series: 2018=3.1 · 2019=15.3 · 2023=6 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 3.8

Where Merrill Gardens at Lafayette falls in its industry

6,510 Homes for the elderly without establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #185 safest of 635 Homes for the elderly without employers in California.

Merrill Gardens at Lafayette (51 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 7.2 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 0100200300 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Merrill Gardens at Lafayette
Merrill Gardens at Lafayette (51 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 7.2

Merrill Gardens at Lafayette has more employees than the Homes for the elderly without nursing ca median and a lower 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 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2023 6.0 0.0 2 0 0
2019 15.3 15.3 6 0 0
2018 3.1 3.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623312 · CA · Lafayette

6,510 Homes for the elderly without nursing care employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 19 employers in Lafayette, CA · 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 Oakmont of Montecito 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Reflections Memory Care - Herrin 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2248-60037 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heritage at Falmouth 6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Robert Young Vineyards 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE H&W Vineyards 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Huber Farms Inc 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Taylor Brothers Farms Inc 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR 10349 Lafayette 171 FTE
CITY-NEAR SWY-0025-0025-00783 FAC-00783-LAFAYETTE-CA 135 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6962-SWY 0025 0783 119 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6962-SWY-0025-0025-00783 115 FTE
NAT-TCR Buzick Construction 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Arc Controls Inc. 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Bangor Natural Gas Company 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Mtbut - Butte 6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE STR0289 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE STR0580 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fidelitone - Manassas, VA 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Propst Construction Company 51 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, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.