Grocery stores · Indiana

Strack and Van Til Valparaiso

Valparaiso, IN · ~123 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Strack and Van Til Valparaiso runs at 319% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Strack and Van Til Valparaiso: 10.8 TCR = 319% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Strack and Van Til Valparaiso safety composite

Strack and Van Til Valparaiso scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% 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

−14.4

2017→2021

Strack and Van Til Valparaiso injury rate improved

Strack and Van Til Valparaiso's TCR fell 14.4 from 16.9 in 2017 to 2.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 21.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=16.9 · 2018=21.7 · 2019=7.9 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 10.8 · 319% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #387/416
  • PHOTO WM 3411
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~123 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WM 3411 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Strack and Van Til Valparaiso in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Strack and Van Til Valparaiso averages 10.8 TCR (319% 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 Valparaiso TCR series: 2017=16.9 · 2018=21.7 · 2019=7.9 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=2.4 · BLS 3.4

Where Strack and Van Til Valparaiso falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 10% 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 #387 safest of 416 Grocery stores employers in Indiana.

Strack and Van Til Valparaiso (123 employees, TCR 10.8) 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 Valparaiso
Strack and Van Til Valparaiso (123 employees, TCR 10.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Strack and Van Til Valparaiso 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 2.4 1.2 2 0 0
2020 5.3 0.0 5 0 0
2019 7.9 3.4 7 0 0
2018 21.7 7.2 9 0 0
2017 16.9 2.4 6 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · IN · Valparaiso

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 122 employers in Valparaiso, 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 WM 3411 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Food 4 Less - March Lane 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6400-SWY-0005-0005-01792 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2050-20500002-306 10.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2681_5131 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fort Wayne Corporate 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE Precision Plastics of Indiana, Inc. 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brinco Manufacturing Inc. 123 FTE
CITY-NEAR Porter Hospital LLC 1,509 FTE
CITY-NEAR PORTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL 1,468 FTE
CITY-NEAR Opportunity Enterprises, Inc. 635 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Valparaiso 411 FTE
NAT-TCR The Abington of Glenview, LLC 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Faribault - Fire Department 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Boyd Metals of Joplin INC 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Rudy Road PRTF 10.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Magellan Aerospace, Middletown, inc. 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Loyola Marymount Univ-Mrktplac 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Bi Products Long Prairie 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6975-1L05 123 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.