Automobile dealers, new only or new and used · Minnesota

Valley Sales, Inc

Apple Valley, MN · ~83 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Valley Sales, Inc runs at 181% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Automobile dealers, new only or new and used workplace, earning a grade D.

Valley Sales, Inc: 6.2 TCR = 181% of Automobile dealers, new only or new and used BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valley Sales, Inc safety composite

Valley Sales, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

F

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−4.1

2017→2024

Valley Sales, Inc injury rate improved

Valley Sales, Inc's TCR fell 4.1 from 7.4 in 2017 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 14.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.4 · 2018=10.9 · 2019=14.8 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=6.2 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 441110 · Apple Valley, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 181% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #188/240
  • PHOTO Morries Luxury Auto
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~83 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Morries Luxury Auto (0.0 TCR gap)

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Valley Sales, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Valley Sales, Inc averages 6.2 TCR (181% of the Automobile dealers, new only or new and used BLS benchmark).

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

Valley Sales, Inc TCR series: 2017=7.4 · 2018=10.9 · 2019=14.8 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=6.2 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 3.4

Where Valley Sales, Inc falls in its industry

2,847 Automobile dealers, new only o establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #188 safest of 240 Automobile dealers, new only o employers in Minnesota.

Valley Sales, Inc (83 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Valley Sales, Inc
Valley Sales, Inc (83 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Valley Sales, Inc has more employees than the Automobile dealers, new only or new and 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 3.2 3.2 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 5.2 0.0 3 0 0
2021 6.2 0.0 4 0 0
2020 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2019 14.8 0.0 10 0 0
2018 10.9 1.6 6 1 0
2017 7.4 0.0 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

441110 · MN · Apple Valley

2,847 Automobile dealers, new only or new and used employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 91 employers in Apple Valley, MN · 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 Morries Luxury Auto 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR LITHIA CDJRF OF EUREKA 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Paso Robles Ford 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kunes AutoMall 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE King Gen Plant-PD 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE MVEC 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hy-Tec Construction of Brainerd, Inc. 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE J&D Construction, Inc. 83 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Apple Valley 880 FTE
CITY-NEAR Uponor - Apple Valley 682 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2390 - Apple Valley South 521 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2642 416 FTE
NAT-TCR Fairchild Airforce Base Custodial Grounds 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Mission Trail Waste Systems 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Pennsylvania Hospital 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR HEC Mfg 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE C075 Youngstown 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE Runningwater Draw Care Center 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0065 Danville 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0076 Stockton 83 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 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.