Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities · California

Merrill Gardens, LLC

Huntington Beach, CA · ~63 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merrill Gardens, LLC runs at 137% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities workplace, earning a grade D.

Merrill Gardens, LLC: 5.2 TCR = 137% of Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merrill Gardens, LLC safety composite

Merrill Gardens, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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 5.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

−7.3

2019→2024

Merrill Gardens, LLC injury rate improved

Merrill Gardens, LLC's TCR fell 7.3 from 12.7 in 2019 to 5.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 96.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=12.7 · 2020=0.2 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=96.0 · 2024=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623312 · Huntington Beach, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 137% of ind

  • DART 5.4 DART
  • RANK #113/635
  • PHOTO Heritage Manor of Ra…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Heritage Manor of Ransomville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Merrill Gardens, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merrill Gardens, LLC averages 5.2 TCR (137% of the Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities BLS benchmark).

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

Merrill Gardens, LLC TCR series: 2019=12.7 · 2020=0.2 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=96 · 2024=5.4 · BLS 3.8

Where Merrill Gardens, LLC falls in its industry

6,510 Assisted-living facilities wit establishments

Safer than 67% 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 #113 safest of 635 Assisted-living facilities wit employers in California.

Merrill Gardens, LLC (63 employees, TCR 5.2) 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, LLC
Merrill Gardens, LLC (63 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 7.2

Merrill Gardens, LLC has more employees than the Assisted-living facilities without on-si 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 5.4 5.4 2 0 0
2023 96.0 96.0 7 0 0
2022 2.5 0.0 9 0 0
2020 0.2 0.2 6 1 0
2019 12.7 0.0 1 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623312 · CA · Huntington Beach

6,510 Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 216 employers in Huntington Beach, 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 Heritage Manor of Ransomville 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Somerby Mount Pleasant 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Somerset Court of University Place 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6273_14725 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE VF - Lodi 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Valley Ventures, Inc. 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Goossen Farms Inc 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE NGW, LLC 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA015 2,174 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 389 846 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bolsa 648 FTE
CITY-NEAR 111 - Huntington Beach 572 FTE
NAT-TCR Heritage Manor of Ransomville 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Canton 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR FSS INC dba Food Service Specialties 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR North Country Ford 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE CBSI Springfield 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Albany, NY 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bluebonnet Rehab at Ennis 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Building Center Inc - Greensboro 63 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.