Grocery stores · Indiana

8770 Van Tils

Hammond, IN · ~128 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

8770 Van Tils runs at 126% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade D.

8770 Van Tils: 4.3 TCR = 126% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

8770 Van Tils safety composite

8770 Van Tils scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

8770 Van Tils: 1.8 → 6.8 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 6.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.91× in 2023

8770 Van Tils's TCR rose 5.1 from 1.8 in 2022 to 6.8 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Hammond, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 126% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #212/416
  • PHOTO 6400-SWY-0017-0017-0…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~128 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6400-SWY-0017-0017-00413 (0.0 TCR gap)

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8770 Van Tils in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 8770 Van Tils averages 4.3 TCR (126% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

8770 Van Tils TCR series: 2022=1.8 · 2023=6.8 · BLS 3.4

Where 8770 Van Tils falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 55% 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 #212 safest of 416 Grocery stores employers in Indiana.

8770 Van Tils (128 employees, TCR 4.3) 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 8770 Van Tils
8770 Van Tils (128 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

8770 Van Tils has more employees than the Grocery stores median and a lower 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 6.8 3.9 7 0 0
2022 1.8 0.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · IN · Hammond

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 136 employers in Hammond, 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 6400-SWY-0017-0017-00413 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 703-00136 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR SWY-0029-0029-01734 FAC-01734-REDLANDS-CA 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR SWY-0029-0029-01796 FAC-01796-YUCAIPA-CA 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Willow Manor Management, LLC 128 FTE
STATE-SIZE Akron, IN 128 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rosewalk Village of Lafayette 128 FTE
STATE-SIZE Millers Merry Manor 128 FTE
CITY-NEAR HORSESHOE HAMMOND 1,312 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lear Corporation - Hammond 920 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franciscan Health Hammond 535 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2818 419 FTE
NAT-TCR Unit #0334 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #2276 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1386 Chalmette, LA 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Progressive Building Systems, Ltd 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Columbus Distributing Company (4949) 128 FTE
NAT-SIZE Universal Healthcare of Greenville 128 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hussey Copper Bar Plant 128 FTE
NAT-SIZE Armacell LLC 128 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.