Direct mail or other direct distribution advertising campaign services · Pennsylvania

Valassis Pittsburgh

Name: Valassis Pittsburgh Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Pittsburgh, PA · ~146 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 0.8
Avg TCR: 0.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Valassis Pittsburgh runs at 170% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Direct mail or other direct distribution advertising campaign services workplace, earning a grade D.

Valassis Pittsburgh: 0.8 TCR = 170% of Direct mail or other direct distribution advertising campaign services BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valassis Pittsburgh safety composite

Valassis Pittsburgh scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−1.7

2016→2020

Valassis Pittsburgh injury rate improved

Valassis Pittsburgh's TCR fell 1.7 from 1.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.7 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541860 · Pittsburgh, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 0.8 · 170% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #1/9
PHOTO Barton Cotton Holdin…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~146 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Barton Cotton Holdings, LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

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IWCO Direct Wa

1
This site

0.8
Barton Cotton

0.7
Valassis Direc

0.7
Salem One -Ker

0.7

What this shows Valassis Pittsburgh averages 0.8 TCR (170% of the Direct mail or other direct distribution advertising campaign services BLS benchmark).

Valassis Pittsburgh TCR series: 2016=1.7 · 2020=0 · BLS 0.5

Where Valassis Pittsburgh falls in its industry

64 Direct mail or other direct di establishments

Safer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 9 Direct mail or other direct di employers in Pennsylvania.

Valassis Pittsburgh (146 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Valassis Pittsburgh has more employees than the Direct mail or other direct distribution median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2016	1.7	1.7	3	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541860 · PA · Pittsburgh

64 Direct mail or other direct distribution advertising campaign services 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Barton Cotton Holdings, LLC	BALTIMORE, MD	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Valassis Direct Mail, Inc.	MILWAUKEE, WI	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	IWCO Direct Warminster	WARMINSTER, PA	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Salem One -Kernersville	KERNERSVILLE, NC	0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Conemaugh Generating Station	NEW FLORENCE	146 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DRA Energy Operations Co.	BRIDGEVILLE	146 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. - Bryn Mawr	BRYN MAWR	146 FTE
STATE-SIZE	United States Roofing Corporation	NORRISTOWN	146 FTE
CITY-NEAR	United States Steel COrporation	Pittsburgh	15,229 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Pittsburgh- Oakland	Pittsburgh	14,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (PUH)	Pittsburgh	13,900 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Pittsburgh-Oakland	Pittsburgh	13,208 FTE
NAT-TCR	Stiles Construction	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Jules Borel & Co.	Kansas City, MO	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. - Lynchburg	Lynchburg, VA	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	HDET	Farmington Hills, MI	0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Roadrunner Transportation Services - Cudahy	Cudahy, WI	146 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Adena Financial Services	Chillicothe, OH	146 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CalPortland Company Mojave Cement Plant	Mojave, CA	146 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ace Hardware Retail Support Center (Wilmer)	Wilmer, TX	146 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: 2020, 2016. 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.