Grocery stores · Indiana

Strack and Van Til Merrillville

Name: Strack and Van Til Merrillville Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Merrillville, IN · ~117 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.3
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Strack and Van Til Merrillville runs at 214% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Strack and Van Til Merrillville: 7.3 TCR = 214% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Strack and Van Til Merrillville safety composite

Strack and Van Til Merrillville scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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).

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers
DART rate: C 2.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

−6.6

2017→2021

Strack and Van Til Merrillville injury rate improved

Strack and Van Til Merrillville's TCR fell 6.6 from 12.7 in 2017 to 6.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=12.7 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=6.1 · 2021=6.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 214% of ind

DART 2.0 DART
RANK #344/416
PHOTO SAN FRANCISCO
BOOK 5y book
INJ 27 inj
SIZE ~117 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SAN FRANCISCO (0.0 TCR gap)

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7.3
SAN FRANCISCO

7.3
FOODLAND #102

7.3
Superior Groce

7.3
SWY-0029-0029-

7.3

What this shows Strack and Van Til Merrillville averages 7.3 TCR (214% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

Strack and Van Til Merrillville TCR series: 2017=12.7 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=6.1 · 2021=6.1 · BLS 3.4

Where Strack and Van Til Merrillville falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #344 safest of 416 Grocery stores employers in Indiana.

Strack and Van Til Merrillville (117 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Strack and Van Til Merrillville 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
2021	6.1	2.0	6
2020	6.1	1.0	6
2019	6.9	2.3	6
2018	4.7	1.2	4
2017	12.7	2.5	5

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · IN · Merrillville

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 97 employers in Merrillville, 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	SAN FRANCISCO	SAN JUAN, PR	7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	FOODLAND #102	MUSCLE SHOALS, AL	7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Superior Grocers 112	COMPTON, CA	7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SWY-0029-0029-02034 FAC-02034-SYLMAR-CA	SYLMAR, CA	7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Pulaski County Egg Farm	FRANCESVILLE	117 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Quality Plumbing & Heating Inc.	KOKOMO	117 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Overhead Door Company #661	INDIANAPOLIS	117 FTE
STATE-SIZE	J&J Pallet	NEW ALBANY	117 FTE
CITY-NEAR	275-NiSource-Merrillville IN-SLC	Merrillville	796 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Albanese Confectionery Group	Merrillville	591 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1618	Merrillville	377 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Regional Mental Health Center	Merrillville	371 FTE
NAT-TCR	BAC	Beverly, MA	7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Middletown Public Works	Middletown, CT	7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Quality Synthetic Rubber	Jasper, GA	7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	All West Coachines	Sacramento, CA	7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Russ Darrow Madison, LLC	Madison, WI	117 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Core Composites Cincinnati, LLC	Batavia, OH	117 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Kraft Heinz Company	Walton, NY	117 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Klemm Tank Lines 53010 Green Bay	Green Bay, WI	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.

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