Retail · Indiana

297 - Valparaiso IN

Valparaiso, IN · ~256 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

297 - Valparaiso IN runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Retail workplace, earning a grade C.

297 - Valparaiso IN: 3.0 TCR = 87% of Retail BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

297 - Valparaiso IN safety composite

297 - Valparaiso IN scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−3.0

2021→2024

297 - Valparaiso IN injury rate improved

297 - Valparaiso IN's TCR fell 3.0 from 4.7 in 2021 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=4.7 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 455211 · Valparaiso, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 87% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #26/52
  • PHOTO 199 - Gaines Twp
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~256 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 199 - Gaines Twp (0.0 TCR gap)

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297 - Valparaiso IN in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 297 - Valparaiso IN averages 3.0 TCR (87% of the Retail BLS benchmark).

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

297 - Valparaiso IN TCR series: 2021=4.7 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 3.4

Where 297 - Valparaiso IN falls in its industry

1,491 Retail establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 52 Retail employers in Indiana.

297 - Valparaiso IN (256 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 260 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 100200300400500600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate 297 - Valparaiso IN
297 - Valparaiso IN (256 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 260 employees and a TCR of 4.8

297 - Valparaiso IN has fewer employees than the Retail median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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
2024 1.7 1.7 3 0 0
2023 3.2 2.7 6 0 0
2022 2.2 2.2 4 0 0
2021 4.7 1.0 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

455211 · IN · Valparaiso

1,491 Retail employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 122 employers in Valparaiso, 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 199 - Gaines Twp 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2532-25320350 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 706-00495 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 25320180 NORFOLK, VA 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE 375-NiSource-Wheatfield IN-RMSGS 256 FTE
STATE-SIZE Adorn Door 130 256 FTE
STATE-SIZE Indianapolis Retail 256 FTE
STATE-SIZE Knauf Insulation Corporate 256 FTE
CITY-NEAR Porter Hospital LLC 1,509 FTE
CITY-NEAR PORTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL 1,468 FTE
CITY-NEAR Opportunity Enterprises, Inc. 635 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Valparaiso 411 FTE
NAT-TCR Tenere Metals Division Osceola 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 083 Durkin Brothers, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pacific Landscape Services 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC Carlisle, PA 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 207 - Normal 256 FTE
NAT-SIZE 195 - Beckley Rd Battle Creek 256 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tiffin Motorhomes Inc. Service 256 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Saint Paul - Saint Paul Regional Water Services 256 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.