Retail · Indiana

Southlake 278

Name: Southlake 278 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Merrillville, IN · ~142 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.6
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Southlake 278 runs at 195% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail workplace, earning a grade D.

Southlake 278: 6.6 TCR = 195% of Retail BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southlake 278 safety composite

Southlake 278 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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%).

Southlake 278 held a steady TCR band

Southlake 278's TCR held near 0.2 from 6.7 in 2016 to 6.5 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.7 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.7 · 2017=6.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452111 · Merrillville, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 195% of ind

DART 1.1 DART
RANK #31/38
PHOTO Unit # 0566
BOOK 2y book
INJ 13 inj
SIZE ~142 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Unit # 0566 (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.6
Unit # 0566

6.6
Unit # 1977

6.6
Unit # 2060

6.6
Unit # 2172

6.6

What this shows Southlake 278 averages 6.6 TCR (195% of the Retail BLS benchmark).

Southlake 278 TCR series: 2016=6.7 · 2017=6.5 · BLS 3.4

Where Southlake 278 falls in its industry

1,987 Retail establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 38 Retail employers in Indiana.

Southlake 278 (142 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Southlake 278 has more employees than the Retail median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2017	6.5	1.1	6	0	0
2016	6.7	1.9	7	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452111 · IN · Merrillville

1,987 Retail employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 97 employers in Merrillville, IN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Unit # 0566	CARLSBAD, CA	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Unit # 1977	TALLAHASSEE, FL	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Unit # 2060	SAVANNAH, GA	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Unit # 2172	MONTEBELLO, CA	6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	SCHOTT North America, Home Tech	VINCENNES	142 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Knauf Insulation Plant 3	SHELBYVILLE	142 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Janus IN	BUTLER	142 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CrossRoads Plant 501	TOPEKA	142 FTE
CITY-NEAR	275-NiSource-Merrillville IN-SLC	Merrillville	796 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Albanese Confectionery Group	Merrillville	591 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1618	Merrillville	377 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Regional Mental Health Center	Merrillville	371 FTE
NAT-TCR	Gas Power Systems : Metem - Parsippany, NJ, USA	Parsippany, NJ	6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Miles Pharr (Txpha)	Pharr, TX	6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Burnsides Community Health Center	Marshall, IL	6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	South Seas Island Resort	Captiva, FL	6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Midland (Txmid)	Midland, TX	142 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rome Spinning	Rome, GA	142 FTE
NAT-SIZE	KC Waterpark Management, LLC	Kansas City, KS	142 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Evergreen Home Healthcare-Westminster	Westminster, CO	142 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.