Vending Machine Operators · Indiana

Lafayette, in Branch

Lafayette, IN · ~42 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities

The verdict

Lafayette, in Branch runs at 299% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Vending Machine Operators workplace, earning a grade F.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.2
avg TCR · per 100 workers
3.4
industry benchmark (BLS)
30
recordable injuries tracked

Grade compares Lafayette, in Branch's OSHA Total Case Rate of 10.2 to the Vending Machine Operators BLS benchmark of 3.4 (299% of benchmark) across 9 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.

Injury rate over time

Lafayette, in Branch's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.4 industry benchmark.

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Total Case Rate (recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers), OSHA ITA Form 300A. Industry benchmark: BLS IIF, NAICS 454210.

Where Lafayette, in Branch falls in its industry

333 Vending Machine Operators establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 12 Vending Machine Operators employers in Indiana.

Trend analysis for Lafayette, in Branch

Between 2016 and 2024, Lafayette, in Branch's Total Case Rate improved from 14.2 to 4.1 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 71% decrease across 8 years of OSHA reporting.

The safest year on record was 2021, at a TCR of 2.8, while 2018 saw the highest rate, at 21.5, a spread of 18.7 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.

Summed across those 9 reporting years, Lafayette, in Branch recorded 30 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 9-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.

Verify This Employer with OSHA

The 30 injuries shown on this page for Lafayette, in Branch are sourced from its own 9 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 454210 - Vending Machine Operators.

DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)

What is the DART rate formula?

DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.

2 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 96,730 hours worked = 4.14 DART

Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping

Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State

Benchmark TCR Source
Lafayette, in Branch (this establishment) 10.16 OSHA ITA Form 300A, 9-year avg
Automatic merchandising machine operators industry avg 3.40 BLS IIF, NAICS 454210
Indiana state avg (all industries) 4.53 OSHA ITA, state-level rollup

Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program

Reportable Incident Timeline

Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Lafayette, in Branch to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.

Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 4.1 4.1 2 0 0
2023 4.2 4.2 2 0 0
2022 6.8 6.8 3 0 0
2021 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2020 6.6 6.6 2 0 0
2019 10.1 10.1 3 0 0
2018 21.5 21.5 7 0 0
2017 21.1 14.0 6 0 0
2016 14.2 10.6 4 0 0

What this grade means for you

Use this grade as a relative read on Lafayette, in Branch's reported OSHA injury record versus its Vending Machine Operators peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.

  • At 299% of the Vending Machine Operators benchmark, Lafayette, in Branch reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
  • Judge this record against the wider Vending Machine Operators sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
  • Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another

Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Lafayette, in Branch's safety grade?
Lafayette, in Branch has a safety grade of F (Failing Safety Record). This grade is based on their average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 10.2 compared to the BLS industry benchmark of 3.4 for Vending Machine Operators.
How many injuries has Lafayette, in Branch reported?
Lafayette, in Branch has reported 30 total injuries and 0 fatalities across 9 years of OSHA data (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016). This data comes from mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reports.

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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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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. Retrieved and formatted by PlainSafetyScore Editorial

Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.