Used merchandise stores · Indiana

Merrillville IN Store

Merrillville, IN · ~54 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merrillville IN Store runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Used merchandise stores workplace, earning a grade B.

Merrillville IN Store: 1.8 TCR = 54% of Used merchandise stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merrillville IN Store safety composite

Merrillville IN Store scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

Merrillville IN Store: 0.0 → 5.5 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 3.01× in 2018

Merrillville IN Store's TCR rose 5.5 from 0.0 in 2016 to 5.5 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 3.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 453310 · Merrillville, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 54% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK #6/30
  • PHOTO Land of Lincoln Good…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Land of Lincoln Goodwill Champaign Store (0.0 TCR gap)

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Merrillville IN Store in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merrillville IN Store averages 1.8 TCR (54% of the Used merchandise stores BLS benchmark).

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

Merrillville IN Store TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=5.5 · BLS 3.4

Where Merrillville IN Store falls in its industry

1,556 Used merchandise stores establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 30 Used merchandise stores employers in Indiana.

Merrillville IN Store (54 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Merrillville IN Store
Merrillville IN Store (54 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Merrillville IN Store has more employees than the Used merchandise stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2018 5.5 5.5 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

453310 · IN · Merrillville

1,556 Used merchandise stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 97 employers in Merrillville, IN · 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 Land of Lincoln Goodwill Champaign Store 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 84th & Center Goodwill Retail Store 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Union Hills Store 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF TENNEVA AREA, INC. 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Soli Organic Inc. - Indianapolis 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ardmore TC Service Center 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clark County REMC 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE 800-DREES-INDIANAPOLIS 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR 275-NiSource-Merrillville IN-SLC 796 FTE
CITY-NEAR Albanese Confectionery Group 591 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1618 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR Regional Mental Health Center 371 FTE
NAT-TCR Cancer Center 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 1210 Dry Hollow 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Mercy Family Clinic - Women's Health Center 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 44974 - Carolina Service Center 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sacramento (Cawsa) 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jacksonville (Iljac) 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Danville (Kydan) 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Branson Center (Mohol) 54 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.