Septic tanks, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing · Indiana

Bway Valparaiso

Valparaiso, IN · ~149 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bway Valparaiso runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Septic tanks, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Bway Valparaiso: 1.8 TCR = 55% of Septic tanks, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bway Valparaiso safety composite

Bway Valparaiso scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% 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

−2.4

2023→2024

Bway Valparaiso injury rate improved

Bway Valparaiso's TCR fell 2.4 from 3.0 in 2023 to 0.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=3.0 · 2024=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Valparaiso, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 55% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #35/143
  • PHOTO Dakkota Molding Tech…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~149 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dakkota Molding Technologies (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bway Valparaiso in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bway Valparaiso averages 1.8 TCR (55% of the Septic tanks, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Bway Valparaiso TCR series: 2023=3 · 2024=0.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Bway Valparaiso falls in its industry

2,838 Septic tanks, plastics or fibe establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 143 Septic tanks, plastics or fibe employers in Indiana.

Bway Valparaiso (149 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Bway Valparaiso
Bway Valparaiso (149 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Bway Valparaiso has more employees than the Septic tanks, plastics or fiberglass, ma median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 0.6 0.6 1 0 0
2023 3.0 2.4 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · IN · Valparaiso

2,838 Septic tanks, plastics or fiberglass, 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 Dakkota Molding Technologies 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Palram Americas 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4078_7790 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Systex Products Corporation 300 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE FXI, Inc 149 FTE
STATE-SIZE Indianapolis Zionsville 149 FTE
STATE-SIZE TASUS Corporation (Indiana) 149 FTE
STATE-SIZE Georg Utz, Inc. 149 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 Weber Packaging Solutions, Inc 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Chi St Vincent Morrilton 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Norris & Son, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbus Door Sales LLC 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Seabrook 149 FTE
NAT-SIZE Abbotswood at Irving Park 149 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chevron Phillips Chemical Company-Orange 149 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dallas Tx - 828 149 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. 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.