Grocery stores · Indiana

8701 Central Bakery

Valparaiso, IN · ~41 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

8701 Central Bakery runs at 215% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade F.

8701 Central Bakery: 7.3 TCR = 215% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

8701 Central Bakery safety composite

8701 Central Bakery scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.8

2022→2023

8701 Central Bakery injury rate improved

8701 Central Bakery's TCR fell 8.8 from 11.7 in 2022 to 2.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=11.7 · 2023=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Valparaiso, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 215% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #345/416
  • PHOTO Zeke's Pueblo Mexicano
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Zeke's Pueblo Mexicano (0.0 TCR gap)

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8701 Central Bakery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 8701 Central Bakery averages 7.3 TCR (215% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

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

8701 Central Bakery TCR series: 2022=11.7 · 2023=2.9 · BLS 3.4

Where 8701 Central Bakery falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #345 safest of 416 Grocery stores employers in Indiana.

8701 Central Bakery (41 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate 8701 Central Bakery
8701 Central Bakery (41 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

8701 Central Bakery has fewer employees than the Grocery stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2022 11.7 5.8 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · IN · Valparaiso

30,654 Grocery stores 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 Zeke's Pueblo Mexicano 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 620-00139 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 704-00761 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR GIANT FOOD STORES 6023 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bos Dairy, LLC 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE IN15-SEL-TERRE HAUTE ADMIN' 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Herrema Dairy LLC 41 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 0655 - Dallas Tx Bus Ctr 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #5112 Roswell, GA 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Vintel Hotel Westgate ES 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Law Enforcement - District 1 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hershey Office 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE TUC 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE New Hope Valley Center 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sisters of Charity/St Mary 41 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, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.