Grocery stores · Iowa
Price Chopper - Merle Hay
Des Moines, IA · ~91 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Price Chopper - Merle Hay runs at 127% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade D.
Price Chopper - Merle Hay: 4.3 TCR = 127% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Price Chopper - Merle Hay safety composite
Price Chopper - Merle Hay scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 61% 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).
56/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 55% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.79 per 100 workers
Safer than 61% 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
−1.5
2016→2017
Price Chopper - Merle Hay injury rate improved
Price Chopper - Merle Hay's TCR fell 1.5 from 5.1 in 2016 to 3.6 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.1 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=5.1 · 2017=3.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 127% of ind
- DART 1.8 DART
- RANK #141/211
- PHOTO Nil9Ventures, Inc
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~91 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Nil9Ventures, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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Price Chopper - Merle Hay in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Price Chopper - Merle Hay
4.3 TCR
- Nil9Ventures,
Nil9Ventures, Inc
4.3 TCR
- Giant Eagle #0
Giant Eagle #0070
4.3 TCR
- Lowes Foods #2
Lowes Foods #267
4.3 TCR
- Shop Rite of A
Shop Rite of Absecon
4.3 TCR
What this shows Price Chopper - Merle Hay averages 4.3 TCR (127% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).
Price Chopper - Merle Hay TCR series: 2016=5.1 · 2017=3.6 · BLS 3.4
Where Price Chopper - Merle Hay falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery stores establishmentsSafer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #141 safest of 211 Grocery stores employers in Iowa.
Price Chopper - Merle Hay has fewer employees than the Grocery stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · IA · Des Moines
30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 525 employers in Des Moines, IA · 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 | Nil9Ventures, Inc | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Giant Eagle #0070 | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lowes Foods #267 | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Shop Rite of Absecon | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Trans Ova Genetics LC | 91 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sioux City Neal North | 91 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Louisa Generating Station | 91 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ames-West Operating | 91 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Corporate Center | 6,292 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines | 4,884 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MercyOne Des Moines | 3,547 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Des Moines Methodist Hospital | 3,495 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Aerobraze OKC | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Marietta (Ohmar) | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sweet Express, LLC | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | New Jersey | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Legends - Veterans at Virginia Beach | 91 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | GS500 - GSU - Sacramento | 91 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Power Services : Erlanger, KY, USA | 91 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Jefferson City (Mojef) | 91 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.