Apparel stores, used clothing · Indiana

Northwest Salvage Operations

Gary, IN · ~107 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northwest Salvage Operations runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Apparel stores, used clothing workplace, earning a grade D.

Northwest Salvage Operations: 5.0 TCR = 146% of Apparel stores, used clothing BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northwest Salvage Operations safety composite

Northwest Salvage Operations scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

−0.6

2023→2024

Northwest Salvage Operations injury rate improved

Northwest Salvage Operations's TCR fell 0.6 from 5.2 in 2023 to 4.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=5.2 · 2024=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 453310 · Gary, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 146% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #21/30
  • PHOTO 230020 - Troy Store
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~107 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 230020 - Troy Store (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northwest Salvage Operations in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northwest Salvage Operations averages 5.0 TCR (146% of the Apparel stores, used clothing BLS benchmark).

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

Northwest Salvage Operations TCR series: 2023=5.2 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 3.4

Where Northwest Salvage Operations falls in its industry

1,556 Apparel stores, used clothing establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 30 Apparel stores, used clothing employers in Indiana.

Northwest Salvage Operations (107 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Northwest Salvage Operations
Northwest Salvage Operations (107 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Northwest Salvage Operations has more employees than the Apparel stores, used clothing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 4.7 4.7 4 0 0
2023 5.2 1.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

453310 · IN · Gary

1,556 Apparel stores, used clothing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 107 employers in Gary, 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 230020 - Troy Store 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ft. Oglethorpe, GA 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5107 Dixieland GRC 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gretna Goodwill Retail Store 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Plymouth, IN 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2580-Remington, IN (Monsanto Co.) 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE Koetter Construction 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE Layne Christensen 1468 West Hospital Road 107 FTE
CITY-NEAR USS Gary Works - Plant 4,744 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gary Works 3,767 FTE
CITY-NEAR HRNI Holdings, LLC 1,430 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DIN2 569 FTE
NAT-TCR The Morning Star Packing Company 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Morgan Truck Body LLC mpe 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Country Inn & Suites 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR ATLANTA 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Green Plains Inc 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE McGill Restoration, Inc. 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE Canopy by Hilton 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hayashi Telempu North America - Alabama 107 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.

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