Automobile dealers, new only or new and used · Indiana

Zeigler Merrillville

Merrillville, IN · ~55 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Zeigler Merrillville runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Automobile dealers, new only or new and used workplace, earning a grade B.

Zeigler Merrillville: 2.0 TCR = 59% of Automobile dealers, new only or new and used BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zeigler Merrillville safety composite

Zeigler Merrillville scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Zeigler Merrillville: 0.0 → 4.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.8 TCR · DART/TCR 2.4× in 2024

Zeigler Merrillville's TCR rose 4.8 from 0.0 in 2021 to 4.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 441110 · Merrillville, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 59% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #8/35
  • PHOTO Toyota of Knoxville,…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Toyota of Knoxville, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Zeigler Merrillville in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Zeigler Merrillville averages 2.0 TCR (59% of the Automobile dealers, new only or new and used BLS benchmark).

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

Zeigler Merrillville TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 3.4

Where Zeigler Merrillville falls in its industry

2,847 Automobile dealers, new only o establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 35 Automobile dealers, new only o employers in Indiana.

Zeigler Merrillville (55 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Zeigler Merrillville
Zeigler Merrillville (55 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Zeigler Merrillville has fewer employees than the Automobile dealers, new only or new and median and a lower 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
2024 4.8 4.8 4 0 0
2023 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2022 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

441110 · IN · Merrillville

2,847 Automobile dealers, new only or new and used 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Toyota of Knoxville, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brandon Honda 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metro Honda 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Butler Ford 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Warren Dairy 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE 392-NiSource-NIE Safety Training 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Citizens Energy Group-Steam 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE John L. Maxwell Inc 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR 275-NiSource-Merrillville IN-SLC 796 FTE
CITY-NEAR Albanese Confectionery Group 591 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1618 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR Regional Mental Health Center 371 FTE
NAT-TCR Craig Transportation Co. 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Speck Pumps Pool Products, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Grand Rapids Art Museum 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR James Candy Company, LLC 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Anchor Bay Packaging Corporation - Plant 5 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Anchor Bay Packaging Corporation - Plant 1 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE 710 Warrenton 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Mattoon 55 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. 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.