Collating machinery for printing and bookbinding manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Valassis Direct Mail Inc

Pittsburgh, PA · ~102 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Valassis Direct Mail Inc runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Collating machinery for printing and bookbinding manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Valassis Direct Mail Inc: 3.0 TCR = 92% of Collating machinery for printing and bookbinding manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valassis Direct Mail Inc safety composite

Valassis Direct Mail Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

Valassis Direct Mail Inc: 1.8 → 6.3 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 6.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.35× in 2023

Valassis Direct Mail Inc's TCR rose 4.5 from 1.8 in 2021 to 6.3 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333244 · Pittsburgh, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 92% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO Hertzberg New Method…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~102 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hertzberg New Method, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Valassis Direct Mail Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Valassis Direct Mail Inc averages 3.0 TCR (92% of the Collating machinery for printing and bookbinding manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Valassis Direct Mail Inc TCR series: 2021=1.8 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=6.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Valassis Direct Mail Inc falls in its industry

82 Collating machinery for printi establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Collating machinery for printi employers in Pennsylvania.

Valassis Direct Mail Inc (102 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0100200300400 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Valassis Direct Mail Inc
Valassis Direct Mail Inc (102 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Valassis Direct Mail Inc has more employees than the Collating machinery for printing and boo median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 6.3 1.1 2 4 0
2022 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2021 1.8 0.0 0 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333244 · PA · Pittsburgh

82 Collating machinery for printing and bookbinding manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 1,170 employers in Pittsburgh, PA · 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 Hertzberg New Method, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milton Production 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harper Corp of America NC 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Anderson & Vreeland Inc. Ohio 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Verano PA CPG - Agri-Kind 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE McKee Management Associates, Inc. 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bakers Pittsburgh 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Structures Division 102 FTE
CITY-NEAR United States Steel COrporation 15,229 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Pittsburgh- Oakland 14,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (PUH) 13,900 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Pittsburgh-Oakland 13,208 FTE
NAT-TCR 0163 - Allen 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR AZZ Galvanizing - Cincinnati 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR INX International Ink Co. (5900) 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Taunton, MA 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE CorrChoice Massillon 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE WakeMed Apex Healthplex 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE TLC Child and Family Services 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Brian Center Botetourt 102 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.