General services departments, government · Indiana

DCS - Porter County

Name: DCS - Porter County Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Valparaiso, IN · ~45 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

DCS - Porter County runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General services departments, government workplace, earning a grade B.

DCS - Porter County: 2.3 TCR = 71% of General services departments, government BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DCS - Porter County safety composite

DCS - Porter County scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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).

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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

DCS - Porter County: 0.0 → 4.6 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 4.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2022

DCS - Porter County's TCR rose 4.6 from 0.0 in 2020 to 4.6 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Valparaiso, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 71% of ind

DART 2.3 DART
RANK #13/45
PHOTO Board of Election Co…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Board of Election Commissioners (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.3
Board of Elect

2.3
Pennington Cou

2.3
City of Dubuqu

2.3
Oficina del al

2.3

What this shows DCS - Porter County averages 2.3 TCR (71% of the General services departments, government BLS benchmark).

DCS - Porter County TCR series: 2020=0 · 2022=4.6 · BLS 3.2

Where DCS - Porter County falls in its industry

1,496 General services departments, establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 45 General services departments, employers in Indiana.

DCS - Porter County (45 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

DCS - Porter County has fewer employees than the General services departments, government median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2022	4.6	2.3	2	0	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · IN · Valparaiso

1,496 General services departments, government 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Board of Election Commissioners	WHEATON, IL	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Pennington County Government Center	THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	City of Dubuque - Fire Department	DUBUQUE, IA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Oficina del alcalde,compra, Rel. Pub., Turismo, CRIM y Recaudaciones	RIO GRANDE, PR	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	J Star Farms LLC	PORTLAND	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Windfall, IN	WINDFALL	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pioneer Oil Field Services LLC	VINCENNES	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Patoka Lake Regional Water & Sewer District	DUBOIS	45 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Porter Hospital LLC	Valparaiso	1,509 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PORTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL	Valparaiso	1,468 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Opportunity Enterprises, Inc.	Valparaiso	635 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Valparaiso	Valparaiso	411 FTE
NAT-TCR	Sweetwater Hardware LLC	Green River, WY	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cannon Brewpub	Columbus, GA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Woodstone Inc	Brooklyn Park, MN	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Eaton Asphalt Paving Company	Covington, KY	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Best Line Equipment - State College	State College,, PA	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	MiTek USA - Burnsville, MN	Burnsville, MN	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Broulim's Corporate Office	Rigby, ID	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	HG524	Pittsburgh, PA	45 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: 2022, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.