Aluminum cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing · Indiana

Ardagh Metal Beverage-Valparaiso

Valparaiso, IN · ~126 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ardagh Metal Beverage-Valparaiso runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Aluminum cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Ardagh Metal Beverage-Valparaiso: 1.6 TCR = 49% of Aluminum cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ardagh Metal Beverage-Valparaiso safety composite

Ardagh Metal Beverage-Valparaiso scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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

Ardagh Metal Beverage-Valparaiso: 1.6 → 2.5 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 2.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.4× in 2019

Ardagh Metal Beverage-Valparaiso's TCR rose 1.0 from 1.6 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332431 · Valparaiso, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 49% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #5/6
  • PHOTO Crown Cork & Seal US…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~126 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc. - Dubuque Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ardagh Metal Beverage-Valparaiso in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ardagh Metal Beverage-Valparaiso averages 1.6 TCR (49% of the Aluminum cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ardagh Metal Beverage-Valparaiso TCR series: 2016=1.6 · 2018=0.7 · 2019=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Ardagh Metal Beverage-Valparaiso falls in its industry

217 Aluminum cans, light gauge met establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Aluminum cans, light gauge met employers in Indiana.

Ardagh Metal Beverage-Valparaiso (126 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0100200300400500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Ardagh Metal Beverage-Valparaiso
Ardagh Metal Beverage-Valparaiso (126 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Ardagh Metal Beverage-Valparaiso has more employees than the Aluminum cans, light gauge metal, manufa median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2019 2.5 0.6 2 2 0
2018 0.7 0.0 0 1 0
2016 1.6 0.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332431 · IN · Valparaiso

217 Aluminum cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing 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 Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc. - Dubuque Plant 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Silgan Containers Paris 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Silgan Containers St Joseph 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ball Metalpack - Springdale, AR 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE D.R. Horton, Inc. - Midwest, LLC (Indianapolis) 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rieth-Riley - South Bend 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE CASE CONSTRUCTION INC 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE E & B PAVING LLC - Muncie 126 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 Shearer's Foods - Navarre 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 8031 Corporate Dr 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 3350 Colorado Springs Lbm 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR SVC - The Donatello Sales Center 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE GA 922 Elnora Dr 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE Winchester Care and Rehabilitation 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE Door Sales & Installation 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6400-Swy 0020 1896 126 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: 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.