Grocery stores · Indiana

Strack and Van Til Portage

Name: Strack and Van Til Portage Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Portage, IN · ~134 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.7
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Strack and Van Til Portage runs at 168% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Strack and Van Til Portage: 5.7 TCR = 168% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Strack and Van Til Portage safety composite

Strack and Van Til Portage scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 5.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

−1.4

2018→2021

Strack and Van Til Portage injury rate improved

Strack and Van Til Portage's TCR fell 1.4 from 6.9 in 2018 to 5.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.9 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=6.4 · 2021=5.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 168% of ind

DART 5.5 DART
RANK #302/416
PHOTO The Fresh Market 153
BOOK 4y book
INJ 24 inj
SIZE ~134 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Fresh Market 153 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Strack and Van Til Portage averages 5.7 TCR (168% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

Strack and Van Til Portage TCR series: 2018=6.9 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=6.4 · 2021=5.5 · BLS 3.4

Where Strack and Van Til Portage falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #302 safest of 416 Grocery stores employers in Indiana.

Strack and Van Til Portage (134 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Strack and Van Til Portage 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	5.5	5.5	6
2020	6.4	6.4	7
2019	4.1	4.1	4
2018	6.9	1.0	7

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · IN · Portage

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 87 employers in Portage, 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	The Fresh Market 153	ROGERS, AR	5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	601LAN	EAST LANSING, MI	5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	003-FRIONA	FRIONA, TX	5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dave's Fresh Marketplace of East Greenwich	EAST GREENWICH, RI	5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Indiana Sugars	GARY	134 FTE
STATE-SIZE	International Paper - Butler Tri Wall	BUTLER	134 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Royer	MADISON	134 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ardagh Metal Packaging - Valparaiso	VALPARAISO	134 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Midwest Plant	Portage	889 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Solid Platforms, Inc.	Portage	746 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 2544	Portage	410 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2544	Portage	404 FTE
NAT-TCR	Blessing Surgery Center	Quincy, IL	5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sodexo at Stamford Hospital - Union	Stamford, CT	5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Brownfield	Brownfield, TX	5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Gardens of Roseboro	Roseboro, NC	5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Riverside Ag Harvesting LLC	Somerton, AZ	134 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Carlsbad 47220	Carlsbad, CA	134 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NIS, LLC North Liberty	North Liberty, IA	134 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Corteva Agriscience- Hedrick Production	Fremont, IA	134 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. 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.