Motor vehicle interior systems (e.g., headliners, panels, seats, trims) manufacturing · Indiana

UGN-Valparaiso

Name: UGN-Valparaiso Workplace Safety Data
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Valparaiso, IN · ~334 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.5
Avg TCR: 5.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

UGN-Valparaiso runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Motor vehicle interior systems (e.g., headliners, panels, seats, trims) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

UGN-Valparaiso: 4.5 TCR = 83% of Motor vehicle interior systems (e.g., headliners, panels, seats, trims) manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

UGN-Valparaiso safety composite

UGN-Valparaiso scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Rising injury rate

UGN-Valparaiso: 5.0 → 6.5 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 6.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.94× in 2018

UGN-Valparaiso's TCR rose 1.5 from 5.0 in 2016 to 6.5 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336360 · Valparaiso, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.5 · 83% of ind

DART 4.3 DART
RANK #10/24
PHOTO Seoyon E-Hwa Alabama…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 47 inj
SIZE ~334 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Seoyon E-Hwa Alabama- Montgomery (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.5
Seoyon E-Hwa A

4.5
Shrewsbury, MA

4.5
TRIC-S

4.5
Meiwa Industry

4.4

What this shows UGN-Valparaiso averages 4.5 TCR (83% of the Motor vehicle interior systems (e.g., headliners, panels, seats, trims) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

UGN-Valparaiso TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=2 · 2018=6.5 · BLS 5.4

Where UGN-Valparaiso falls in its industry

384 Motor vehicle interior systems establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 24 Motor vehicle interior systems employers in Indiana.

UGN-Valparaiso (334 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 245 employees and a TCR of 3.3

UGN-Valparaiso has more employees than the Motor vehicle interior systems (e.g., he median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2018	6.5	4.3	23
2017	2.0	1.4	7
2016	5.0	3.8	17

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336360 · IN · Valparaiso

384 Motor vehicle interior systems (e.g., headliners, panels, seats, trims) manufacturing 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Seoyon E-Hwa Alabama- Montgomery	MONTGOMERY, AL	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Shrewsbury, MA	SHREWSBURY, MA	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	TRIC-S	LINCOLN, NE	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Meiwa Industry North America, Inc.	LEWISBURG, TN	4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Hoosier Energy	BLOOMINGTON	334 FTE
STATE-SIZE	177-PL001	CRAWFORDSVILLE	334 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kautex Avilla	AVILLA	334 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Giant Eagle #6550	CARMEL	334 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Porter Hospital LLC	Valparaiso	1,509 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PORTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL	Valparaiso	1,468 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Opportunity Enterprises, Inc.	Valparaiso	635 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Valparaiso	Valparaiso	411 FTE
NAT-TCR	Lakewood (Njlak)	Lakewood, NJ	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hyster-Yale Sulligent Plant	Sulligent, AL	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Smithfield - Cudahy Packaged	Cudahy, WI	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Holiday Inn - Secaucus	Secaucus, NJ	4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Southern Research	Birmingham, AL	334 FTE
NAT-SIZE	IRV-HCT-IRVING	Irving, TX	334 FTE
NAT-SIZE	FRS	Lexington, TN	334 FTE
NAT-SIZE	SwedishAmerican Health System-Plaza	Rockford, IL	334 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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