Blinds (e.g., mini, venetian, vertical), all materials, manufacturing · Indiana

United Shade

Elkhart, IN · ~44 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

United Shade runs at 165% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Blinds (e.g., mini, venetian, vertical), all materials, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

United Shade: 5.5 TCR = 165% of Blinds (e.g., mini, venetian, vertical), all materials, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

United Shade safety composite

United Shade scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 8%), 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).

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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%).

Rising injury rate

United Shade: 1.6 → 6.0 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 14.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.1× in 2023

United Shade's TCR rose 4.4 from 1.6 in 2016 to 6.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 14.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 337920 · Elkhart, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 165% of ind

  • DART 6.0 DART
  • RANK P22
  • PHOTO Draper Inc
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Draper Inc (0.2 TCR gap)

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United Shade in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows United Shade averages 5.5 TCR (165% of the Blinds (e.g., mini, venetian, vertical), all materials, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

United Shade TCR series: 2016=1.6 · 2017=5.1 · 2018=0 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=14.4 · 2022=5.7 · 2023=6 · BLS 3.3

Where United Shade falls in its industry

59 Blinds (e.g., mini, venetian, establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
United Shade (44 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 144 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate United Shade
United Shade (44 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 144 employees and a TCR of 3.1

United Shade has fewer employees than the Blinds (e.g., mini, venetian, vertical), median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2023 6.0 6.0 1 0 0
2022 5.7 0.0 1 0 0
2021 14.4 9.6 3 0 0
2020 5.3 5.3 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 5.1 5.1 3 0 0
2016 1.6 1.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

337920 · IN · Elkhart

59 Blinds (e.g., mini, venetian, vertical), all materials, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 401 employers in Elkhart, 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 Draper Inc 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Patrician Window Coverings, INC. 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cesta Window Fashions 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dometic US Blind Systems 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2307-Whitestown, IN (Monsanto Co.) 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE RushShelby Energy 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE OCM Engineering, LLC 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michels Power Inc-IN-Rolling Prairie 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Forest River, Inc. 12,549 FTE
CITY-NEAR THOR MOTOR COACH 2,437 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elkhart Community Schools 1,892 FTE
CITY-NEAR HRV LLC 1,692 FTE
NAT-TCR Beach Lumber, LLC 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mosaic Logan 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR County Market #217 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Longhorn Village 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Asphalt Services, Inc. 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ladesco, Inc 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE TAMPA-HRP-TAMPA 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hero Arts Rubber Stamps Inc 44 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.