Beer merchant wholesalers · Indiana

Indiana Beverage Inc

Valparaiso, IN · ~241 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Indiana Beverage Inc runs at 278% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Beer merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Indiana Beverage Inc: 6.1 TCR = 278% of Beer merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Indiana Beverage Inc safety composite

Indiana Beverage Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

Indiana Beverage Inc: 3.3 → 8.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 8.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.34× in 2024

Indiana Beverage Inc's TCR rose 4.7 from 3.3 in 2016 to 8.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424810 · Valparaiso, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.1 · 278% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #5/7
  • PHOTO August A Busch
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 44 inj
  • SIZE ~241 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: August A Busch (0.0 TCR gap)

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Indiana Beverage Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Indiana Beverage Inc averages 6.1 TCR (278% of the Beer merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Indiana Beverage Inc TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2023=7.1 · 2024=8 · BLS 2.2

Where Indiana Beverage Inc falls in its industry

664 Beer merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.4.

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 7 Beer merchant wholesalers employers in Indiana.

Indiana Beverage Inc (241 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 6.4 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Indiana Beverage Inc
Indiana Beverage Inc (241 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 6.4

Indiana Beverage Inc has more employees than the Beer merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.4. 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
2024 8.0 2.1 19 0 0
2023 7.1 5.0 17 0 0
2016 3.3 0.8 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424810 · IN · Valparaiso

664 Beer merchant wholesalers 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 August A Busch 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Allstate Beverage Company 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clark Beverage Group Inc. (KY) 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Coastal Beverage Company, Inc. - Farmville 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Zentis North America LLC 241 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maple Leaf Farms, Inc. - MLS Processing Plant 241 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tenneco 241 FTE
STATE-SIZE Meijer Store 186 241 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 Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Quad-R Inc. dba RAE Products 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Worthington Steel Company Chicago 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Modern Industries, Inc. 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE FAM Construction, LLC 241 FTE
NAT-SIZE Silver Spring Foods, Inc. 241 FTE
NAT-SIZE United Enertech Corp 241 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 098 241 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.