Paper or pulp mill construction · Maine

Sullivan and Merritt Constructors

Herman, ME · ~155 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sullivan and Merritt Constructors runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Paper or pulp mill construction workplace, earning a grade B.

Sullivan and Merritt Constructors: 2.1 TCR = 73% of Paper or pulp mill construction BLS 2.9 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sullivan and Merritt Constructors safety composite

Sullivan and Merritt Constructors scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

−3.3

2019→2023

Sullivan and Merritt Constructors injury rate improved

Sullivan and Merritt Constructors's TCR fell 3.3 from 4.0 in 2019 to 0.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.0 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.9 · 2023=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236210 · Herman, ME AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 73% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/5
  • PHOTO Cold Storage Constru…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~155 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cold Storage Construction Services (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sullivan and Merritt Constructors in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sullivan and Merritt Constructors averages 2.1 TCR (73% of the Paper or pulp mill construction BLS benchmark).

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

Sullivan and Merritt Constructors TCR series: 2019=4 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.9 · 2023=0.8 · BLS 2.9

Where Sullivan and Merritt Constructors falls in its industry

924 Paper or pulp mill constructio establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maine alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 Paper or pulp mill constructio employers in Maine.

Sullivan and Merritt Constructors (155 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Sullivan and Merritt Constructors
Sullivan and Merritt Constructors (155 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Sullivan and Merritt Constructors has more employees than the Paper or pulp mill construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2023 0.8 0.0 1 0 0
2021 1.9 1.3 3 0 0
2020 1.8 0.9 2 0 0
2019 4.0 2.0 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236210 · ME · Herman

924 Paper or pulp mill construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 3 employers in Herman, ME · 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 Cold Storage Construction Services 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Deacon Construction, LLC - OR 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 8768-SRP NGS 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tunista Construction - Washington office 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Versant Power Hampden Operations Center 155 FTE
STATE-SIZE 08289 - Store # 8289 Winthrop 155 FTE
STATE-SIZE MaineGeneral Medical Center Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care 155 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sullivan & Merritt Constructors inc 154 FTE
CITY-NEAR Builders Installed Products Hermon 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Builders Installed Products #335 24 FTE
NAT-TCR Varaon-Jon-Roanoke Iop 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Union Supply Group, Inc. - NV DC 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Cousin Corporation of America 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Nidec CHS 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Toppan Merrill LLC Grove City 155 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 0178 155 FTE
NAT-SIZE US Wire : Irwindale 155 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shawcor Pipe Protection LLC - Channelview 155 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: 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.