Grocery stores · Indiana

Strack and Van Til Chesterton

Chesterton, IN · ~117 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Strack and Van Til Chesterton runs at 231% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Strack and Van Til Chesterton: 7.8 TCR = 231% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Strack and Van Til Chesterton safety composite

Strack and Van Til Chesterton scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−1.1

2017→2021

Strack and Van Til Chesterton injury rate improved

Strack and Van Til Chesterton's TCR fell 1.1 from 5.9 in 2017 to 4.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.9 · 2018=6.0 · 2019=11.8 · 2020=10.7 · 2021=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Chesterton, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 231% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #352/416
  • PHOTO Grocery Outlet of Mo…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~117 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Grocery Outlet of Monroe (0.0 TCR gap)

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Strack and Van Til Chesterton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Strack and Van Til Chesterton averages 7.8 TCR (231% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

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

Strack and Van Til Chesterton TCR series: 2017=5.9 · 2018=6 · 2019=11.8 · 2020=10.7 · 2021=4.8 · BLS 3.4

Where Strack and Van Til Chesterton falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #352 safest of 416 Grocery stores employers in Indiana.

Strack and Van Til Chesterton (117 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Strack and Van Til Chesterton
Strack and Van Til Chesterton (117 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Strack and Van Til Chesterton has more employees than the Grocery stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2021 4.8 2.4 4 0 0
2020 10.7 10.7 10 0 0
2019 11.8 11.8 10 0 0
2018 6.0 4.8 5 0 0
2017 5.9 5.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · IN · Chesterton

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 27 employers in Chesterton, 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 Grocery Outlet of Monroe 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ABS-0019-0018-00590 FAC-00590-HILLSBORO-OR 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SWY-0020-0020-03312 FAC-03312-FORT WORTH-TX 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR NAI-0033-0033-01414 FAC-01414-MEDFIELD-MA 7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pulaski County Egg Farm 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quality Plumbing & Heating Inc. 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE Overhead Door Company #661 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE J&J Pallet 117 FTE
CITY-NEAR Urschel 447 FTE
CITY-NEAR Urschel Laboratories 442 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5472-000003189 170 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5472-000001189 167 FTE
NAT-TCR Valley Cartage LAX 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 040/Methuen 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Standard Metals 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 4769-994-Pottery Barn 7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Russ Darrow Madison, LLC 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Core Composites Cincinnati, LLC 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kraft Heinz Company 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Klemm Tank Lines 53010 Green Bay 117 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.