School bus merchant wholesalers · Virginia
Sonny Merryman Inc
Evington, VA · ~158 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 4.8
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sonny Merryman Inc runs at 219% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical School bus merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Sonny Merryman Inc: 4.8 TCR = 219% of School bus merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sonny Merryman Inc safety composite
Sonny Merryman Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.82 per 100 workers
Safer than 42% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.31 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Sonny Merryman Inc: 2.1 → 4.4 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 7.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.69× in 2024
Sonny Merryman Inc's TCR rose 2.3 from 2.1 in 2022 to 4.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423110 · Evington, VA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 4.8 · 219% of ind
- DART 3.3 DART
- RANK #17/24
- PHOTO ADESA
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 15 inj
- SIZE ~158 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: ADESA (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sonny Merryman Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Sonny Merryman Inc
4.8 TCR
- ADESA
ADESA
4.8 TCR
- 75th Avenue
75th Avenue
4.8 TCR
- JX Peterbilt -
JX Peterbilt - Rockford
4.8 TCR
- Sun State Cent
Sun State Central Florida
4.8 TCR
What this shows Sonny Merryman Inc averages 4.8 TCR (219% of the School bus merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Sonny Merryman Inc TCR series: 2022=2.1 · 2023=7.9 · 2024=4.4 · BLS 2.2
Where Sonny Merryman Inc falls in its industry
1,333 School bus merchant wholesaler establishmentsSafer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 24 School bus merchant wholesaler employers in Virginia.
Sonny Merryman Inc has more employees than the School bus merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423110 · VA · Evington
1,333 School bus merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia 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 | ADESA | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 75th Avenue | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | JX Peterbilt - Rockford | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sun State Central Florida | 4.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Cheriton Location | 158 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 326-NiSource-Chester VA-Operations | 158 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Amcor Rigid Packaging USA LLC- Wytheville | 158 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | G.D USA, Inc. | 158 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Santa Ana Alaska | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trillium Farms Layer 3 | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Support Center - production | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Quality Inn and Suites | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Century Linen- Balzano | 158 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | St Mary's Detroit Lakes Clinic | 158 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Caddell Dry Dock and Repair Co. | 158 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sansky Logistics Group LLC | 158 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.