Water distribution (except irrigation) · New York

New York American Water - Merrick

Merrick, NY · ~48 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.7
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

New York American Water - Merrick runs at 811% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water distribution (except irrigation) workplace, earning a grade F.

New York American Water - Merrick: 9.7 TCR = 811% of Water distribution (except irrigation) BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

New York American Water - Merrick safety composite

New York American Water - Merrick scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−0.8

2016→2017

New York American Water - Merrick injury rate improved

New York American Water - Merrick's TCR fell 0.8 from 10.1 in 2016 to 9.3 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.1 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.1 · 2017=9.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Merrick, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.7 · 811% of ind

  • DART 9.3 DART
  • RANK #15/17
  • PHOTO City of South San Fr…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of South San Francisco - Water Quality Control Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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New York American Water - Merrick in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows New York American Water - Merrick averages 9.7 TCR (811% of the Water distribution (except irrigation) BLS benchmark).

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

New York American Water - Merrick TCR series: 2016=10.1 · 2017=9.3 · BLS 1.2

Where New York American Water - Merrick falls in its industry

727 Water distribution (except irr establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 17 Water distribution (except irr employers in New York.

New York American Water - Merrick (48 employees, TCR 9.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate New York American Water - Merrick
New York American Water - Merrick (48 employees, TCR 9.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

New York American Water - Merrick has fewer employees than the Water distribution (except irrigation) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2017 9.3 9.3 4 0 0
2016 10.1 10.1 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · NY · Merrick

727 Water distribution (except irrigation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 13 employers in Merrick, NY · 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 City of South San Francisco - Water Quality Control Plant 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR RMWD 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valley County Water District 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Bend - Utilities Dept Boyd Campus 9.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kreher Enterprises LLC 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE SENECA STREET CREW LOCATION-NY04 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE NIAGARA FALLS SERVICE CENTER-NY37 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Enbridge St. Lawrence Gas - Massena 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1728 Sunrise Highway 118 FTE
CITY-NEAR STOP & SHOP 102555 118 FTE
CITY-NEAR 102555 116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trader Joe's 0553 Merrick 106 FTE
NAT-TCR Corpus Christi (Txcor) 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Blue Grass Golden Corral - Elizabethtown 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR SPR Phoenix 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR AAA Technology and Specialties Co., Inc. 9.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Truman Valley Healthcare Inc 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Malden LLC 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southeast Connections LLc ( Savannah, Georgia) 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Building 21/CP/Fleet /Maint 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.