Homes for the elderly without nursing care · Washington

Merrill Gardens

Name: Merrill Gardens Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Kirkland, WA · ~48 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.5
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Merrill Gardens runs at 171% 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: 6.5 TCR = 171% of Homes for the elderly without nursing care BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merrill Gardens safety composite

Merrill Gardens scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 67% 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).

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 6.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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

−13.0

2018→2019

Merrill Gardens injury rate improved

Merrill Gardens's TCR fell 13.0 from 13.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 13.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=13.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623312 · Kirkland, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 171% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #70/216
PHOTO Brookdale Wilton 23077
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Brookdale Wilton 23077 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Merrill Gardens averages 6.5 TCR (171% of the Homes for the elderly without nursing care BLS benchmark).

Merrill Gardens TCR series: 2018=13 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.8

Where Merrill Gardens falls in its industry

6,510 Homes for the elderly without establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #70 safest of 216 Homes for the elderly without employers in Washington.

Merrill Gardens (48 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 7.2

Merrill Gardens has fewer 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
2019	0.0	0.0	1	0	0
2018	13.0	0.0	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623312 · WA · Kirkland

6,510 Homes for the elderly without nursing care employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 110 employers in Kirkland, WA · 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	Brookdale Wilton 23077	WILTON, CT	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Legacy Ridge at Sweetwater Creek	LITHIA SPRING, GA	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Brookdale Grayson View	SELINSGROVE, PA	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Shavano Park Senior Living	SHAVANO PARK, TX	6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Cold Creek Vineyards #8	WOODINVILLE, WA	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	F/T Constellation	SEATTLE	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	F/T Defender	SEATTLE	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Esperanza Ridge LLC	EAST WENATCHEE	48 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Evergreen Hospital Medical Center	Kirkland	4,778 FTE
CITY-NEAR	EvergreenHealth	Kirkland	4,731 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Kirkland	Kirkland	778 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kenworth Truck Company - Yarrow Bay	Kirkland	766 FTE
NAT-TCR	6962-Swy 0029 2040	San Diego, CA	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Miami - 111	Miramar, FL	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mount Materials LLC.	Berlin, NJ	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	ABQ-ALBUQUERQUE	Albuquerque, NM	6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Ross store 253	St. Petersburg, FL	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ross store 482	Plymouth Meeting, PA	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Frisco Memory Care, LLC	Frisco, TX	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Garland Insulating - Austin	Austin, TX	48 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: 2019, 2018. 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.