Machine shops · Wisconsin

Merrill Tool & Water Jet, LLC

Merrill, WI · ~33 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merrill Tool & Water Jet, LLC runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade C.

Merrill Tool & Water Jet, LLC: 3.1 TCR = 94% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merrill Tool & Water Jet, LLC safety composite

Merrill Tool & Water Jet, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

−5.9

2017→2024

Merrill Tool & Water Jet, LLC injury rate improved

Merrill Tool & Water Jet, LLC's TCR fell 5.9 from 9.5 in 2017 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.5 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=3.0 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Merrill, WI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 94% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #48/146
  • PHOTO Absolute Manufacturing
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Absolute Manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Merrill Tool & Water Jet, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merrill Tool & Water Jet, LLC averages 3.1 TCR (94% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Merrill Tool & Water Jet, LLC TCR series: 2017=9.5 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=3 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Merrill Tool & Water Jet, LLC falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 146 Machine shops employers in Wisconsin.

Merrill Tool & Water Jet, LLC (33 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Merrill Tool & Water Jet, LLC
Merrill Tool & Water Jet, LLC (33 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Merrill Tool & Water Jet, LLC has fewer employees than the Machine shops median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2024 3.6 3.6 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.7 0.0 1 0 0
2020 3.0 0.0 1 0 0
2019 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2018 3.1 0.0 1 0 0
2017 9.5 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · WI · Merrill

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 49 employers in Merrill, WI · 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 Absolute Manufacturing 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Turn-All Machine & Gear Company 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orizon Fenton MO 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR CassMac LLC 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE HM Clause - Sun Prairie 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fort Atkinson 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gorman General Contractors 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE J&J Contractors I LLC 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Merrill Area Public Schools 440 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1366 240 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1366 224 FTE
CITY-NEAR Weinbrenner Shoe Company, INC. - Merrill 200 FTE
NAT-TCR Leppinks Newaygo 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR US Gypsum Southard 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR West Windsor Market 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Kennewick WA Yard 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology-CR 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valley Chevrolet of Hastings Inc 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Execuspace Construction Corporation 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Accu-Grind & Mfg Co Inc 33 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.