Truss Manufacturing · Nebraska
4502 - Valley Truss Plant
Valley, NE · ~40 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 14.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
4502 - Valley Truss Plant runs at 436% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Truss Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
4502 - Valley Truss Plant: 14.4 TCR = 436% of Truss Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
4502 - Valley Truss Plant safety composite
4502 - Valley Truss Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 56% 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).
37/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 14.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.66 per 100 workers
Safer than 56% 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
4502 - Valley Truss Plant: 11.8 → 13.3 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 27.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.18× in 2024
4502 - Valley Truss Plant's TCR rose 1.4 from 11.8 in 2018 to 13.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 27.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321214 · Valley, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 14.4 · 436% of ind
- DART 2.7 DART
- RANK #8/8
- PHOTO Cobra Components LLC
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 38 inj
- SIZE ~40 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Cobra Components LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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4502 - Valley Truss Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- K-I Lexington
K-I Lexington Truss
14.7 TCR
- Truspro Struct
Truspro Structural Components, Inc.
14.6 TCR
- Nisbet Brower
Nisbet Brower Components
14.6 TCR
- This site
4502 - Valley Truss Plant
14.4 TCR
- Cobra Componen
Cobra Components LLC
14.4 TCR
What this shows 4502 - Valley Truss Plant averages 14.4 TCR (436% of the Truss Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
4502 - Valley Truss Plant TCR series: 2018=11.8 · 2019=6.6 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=25.5 · 2022=27.9 · 2023=12.4 · 2024=13.3 · BLS 3.3
Where 4502 - Valley Truss Plant falls in its industry
421 Truss Manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.0.
Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 8 Truss Manufacturing employers in Nebraska.
4502 - Valley Truss Plant has fewer employees than the Truss Manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.0. 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 | 13.3 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12.4 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 27.9 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 25.5 | 11.3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 11.8 | 5.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321214 · NE · Valley
421 Truss Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 24 employers in Valley, NE · 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 | Cobra Components LLC | 14.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Truspro Structural Components, Inc. | 14.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nisbet Brower Components | 14.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | K-I Lexington Truss | 14.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Frenchman Valley Produce, Inc. | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CSS Farms, LLC Columbus, NE | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Olson Farms | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cheever Construction | 40 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Valley NE | 1,822 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Valley NE - Main Campus | 1,630 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Valley NE - Main Campus - Irrigation | 614 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Valley NE - Main Campus - Structures | 566 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Praha Village | 14.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Northland Cabinets, Inc. | 14.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Algin Sutton Maintenance | 14.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Store 1461 | 14.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 4305 - Holiday City Treating Plant | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Central Transport - 086 | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mountlake Terrace Plaza | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | d-7 Roofing LLC - San Marcos | 40 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.