Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) · Oregon

TriMet Merlo Operations Facility

Beaverton, OR · ~386 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

TriMet Merlo Operations Facility runs at 209% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) workplace, earning a grade F.

TriMet Merlo Operations Facility: 9.4 TCR = 209% of Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

TriMet Merlo Operations Facility safety composite

TriMet Merlo Operations Facility scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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%).

TriMet Merlo Operations Facility held a steady TCR band

TriMet Merlo Operations Facility's TCR held near 0.1 from 8.7 in 2016 to 8.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.7 · 2017=10.8 · 2018=8.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485111 · Beaverton, OR ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 209% of ind

  • DART 7.7 DART
  • RANK #22/30
  • PHOTO TriMet Powell Operat…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 103 inj
  • SIZE ~386 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TriMet Powell Operations (0.0 TCR gap)

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TriMet Merlo Operations Facility in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows TriMet Merlo Operations Facility averages 9.4 TCR (209% of the Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS benchmark).

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

TriMet Merlo Operations Facility TCR series: 2016=8.7 · 2017=10.8 · 2018=8.7 · BLS 4.5

Where TriMet Merlo Operations Facility falls in its industry

421 Mixed mode transit systems (e. establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 30 Mixed mode transit systems (e. employers in Oregon.

TriMet Merlo Operations Facility (386 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 TriMet Merlo Operations Facility
TriMet Merlo Operations Facility (386 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8

TriMet Merlo Operations Facility has more employees than the Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, c median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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
2018 8.7 7.7 36 0 0
2017 10.8 9.4 38 0 0
2016 8.7 8.4 29 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485111 · OR · Beaverton

421 Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 240 employers in Beaverton, OR · 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 TriMet Powell Operations 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Division 11 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Circuit Transit Inc- Hollywood 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 55433 Independence 9.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Siltronic Corporation 386 FTE
STATE-SIZE FedEx 5159 NE CORNFOOT RD 387 FTE
STATE-SIZE Monrovia Nursery 388 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vigor Marine LLC 388 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nike World Headquarters 14,796 FTE
CITY-NEAR 004-Nike Air Manufacturing Oregon 1,585 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tailwind (IHM - Beaverton) 1,170 FTE
CITY-NEAR Analog Devices 907 FTE
NAT-TCR CNH_Burlington 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Kansas City (Kskan) 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sentara Nursing Center Norfolk 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Country Fresh - Livonia - Merriman 9.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Woodbridge (Miwoo) 386 FTE
NAT-SIZE 199-Denver HQ 386 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aetna Specialty Pharmacy LLC 386 FTE
NAT-SIZE ReCon Memphis Plant 386 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.