Nut (i.e., packaged) stores · Georgia

Merritt Pecan Company, Inc

Weston, GA · ~36 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merritt Pecan Company, Inc runs at 127% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Nut (i.e., packaged) stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Merritt Pecan Company, Inc: 4.3 TCR = 127% of Nut (i.e., packaged) stores BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merritt Pecan Company, Inc safety composite

Merritt Pecan Company, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−6.3

2017→2024

Merritt Pecan Company, Inc injury rate improved

Merritt Pecan Company, Inc's TCR fell 6.3 from 9.8 in 2017 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.8 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=3.7 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445292 · Weston, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 127% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P63
  • PHOTO Bloom Packaging Corp.
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bloom Packaging Corp. (0.2 TCR gap)

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Merritt Pecan Company, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merritt Pecan Company, Inc averages 4.3 TCR (127% of the Nut (i.e., packaged) stores BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Merritt Pecan Company, Inc TCR series: 2017=9.8 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=3.7 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 3.4

Where Merritt Pecan Company, Inc falls in its industry

16 Nut (i.e., packaged) stores establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Merritt Pecan Company, Inc (36 employees, TCR 4.3) among 6 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 5.4 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Nuts.comPalmer Candy Company Candy StoreBloom Packaging Corp.EGM-SunsetKilwins Chocolates FranchiseGeorgia NutMerritt Pecan Company, Inc
Merritt Pecan Company, Inc (36 employees, TCR 4.3) among 6 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 5.4

Merritt Pecan Company, Inc has fewer employees than the Nut (i.e., packaged) stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.4. 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 3.5 0.0 1 0 0
2023 6.5 0.0 2 0 0
2021 3.7 3.7 1 0 0
2020 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.5 0.0 1 0 0
2017 9.8 3.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445292 · GA · Weston

16 Nut (i.e., packaged) stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 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 Bloom Packaging Corp. 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3241_7007 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Green Rabbit Visalia - 4013 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Green Rabbit Braintree - 4011 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Augusta, GA-BioLife 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE NORTHSIDE CARRIER_1375548 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Savannah Tank and Equipment Corporation 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Georgia Envelope 36 FTE
NAT-TCR Allenton 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ruthrauff Service 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 307MFH 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ryan Metal Products, Inc. DBA Stor-Loc 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE BKH Enterprises LLC DBA 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ancira Ford 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4 B Farms, Inc. 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shamblin Stone 36 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, 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.