Shoring, construction · Michigan

R.W. Mercer Co.

Jackson, MI · ~184 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

R.W. Mercer Co. runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Shoring, construction workplace, earning a grade B.

R.W. Mercer Co.: 1.8 TCR = 64% of Shoring, construction BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

R.W. Mercer Co. safety composite

R.W. Mercer Co. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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%).

R.W. Mercer Co. held a steady TCR band

R.W. Mercer Co.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 2.1 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.1 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=1.0 · 2021=4.2 · 2022=1.0 · 2023=1.0 · 2024=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238990 · Jackson, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 64% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #13/30
  • PHOTO Timberline Construct…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~184 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Timberline Construction Group LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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R.W. Mercer Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows R.W. Mercer Co. averages 1.8 TCR (64% of the Shoring, construction BLS benchmark).

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

R.W. Mercer Co. TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=1 · 2021=4.2 · 2022=1 · 2023=1 · 2024=2 · BLS 2.8

Where R.W. Mercer Co. falls in its industry

1,634 Shoring, construction establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 30 Shoring, construction employers in Michigan.

R.W. Mercer Co. (184 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate R.W. Mercer Co.
R.W. Mercer Co. (184 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9

R.W. Mercer Co. has more employees than the Shoring, construction median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 2.0 1.0 4 0 0
2023 1.0 0.0 2 0 0
2022 1.0 0.5 2 0 0
2021 4.2 0.0 5 0 0
2020 1.0 0.0 2 0 0
2019 1.6 0.0 3 0 0
2018 1.6 0.0 3 0 0
2017 1.5 0.5 2 1 0
2016 2.1 1.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238990 · MI · Jackson

1,634 Shoring, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 207 employers in Jackson, MI · 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 Timberline Construction Group LLC 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Axial Corporation New Martinsville WV- BSL 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1-VTL-Richmond 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hunter's Point 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Upper Peninsula Power Company 184 FTE
STATE-SIZE Royal Roofing Company, Inc 184 FTE
STATE-SIZE Green Shield Deck Builders 184 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stahls SCS 184 FTE
CITY-NEAR Allegiance Health 4,779 FTE
CITY-NEAR Main Hospital Campus 3,076 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henry Ford Jackson 2,045 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henry Ford- Jackson Downtown Campus 1,201 FTE
NAT-TCR Pocahontas State Correctional Center 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Rust-Oleum Corporation - Rockford, IL 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ratliff Industries, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Elite Agriculture Labor Inc 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Champion Home Builders 023 184 FTE
NAT-SIZE Life Care Center of Pensacola 184 FTE
NAT-SIZE Siemens Energy Inc 184 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eastcastle Place 184 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, 2016. 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.