Skilled nursing facilities · Indiana
Valparaiso Care Center
Valparaiso, IN · ~90 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 5.6
- Avg TCR
- 6.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Valparaiso Care Center runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Skilled nursing facilities workplace, earning a grade C.
Valparaiso Care Center: 5.6 TCR = 86% of Skilled nursing facilities BLS 6.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Valparaiso Care Center safety composite
Valparaiso Care Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
69/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 5.58 per 100 workers
Safer than 60% of industry peers
- DART rate
- A 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 92% 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
Valparaiso Care Center: 2.8 → 8.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 8.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Valparaiso Care Center's TCR rose 5.4 from 2.8 in 2022 to 8.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 623110 · Valparaiso, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 5.6 · 86% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #260/640
- PHOTO Cedar Crest
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~90 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Cedar Crest (0.0 TCR gap)
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Valparaiso Care Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Valparaiso Care Center
5.6 TCR
- Cedar Crest
Cedar Crest
5.6 TCR
- The Bridge at
The Bridge at Colorado Springs
5.6 TCR
- Scenic Living
Scenic Living Communities Inc
5.6 TCR
- Illini Heritag
Illini Heritage
5.6 TCR
What this shows Valparaiso Care Center averages 5.6 TCR (86% of the Skilled nursing facilities BLS benchmark).
Valparaiso Care Center TCR series: 2022=2.8 · 2023=5.8 · 2024=8.1 · BLS 6.5
Where Valparaiso Care Center falls in its industry
15,252 Skilled nursing facilities establishmentsSafer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.6.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #260 safest of 640 Skilled nursing facilities employers in Indiana.
Valparaiso Care Center has fewer employees than the Skilled nursing facilities median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.6. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
623110 · IN · Valparaiso
15,252 Skilled nursing facilities 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 | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Cedar Crest | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | The Bridge at Colorado Springs | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Scenic Living Communities Inc | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Illini Heritage | 5.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Kokomo Healthcare Center | 90 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Greenwell Plumbing | 90 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | KENTUCKIANA TRUCKING INC | 90 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 6938 MDV BLOOMINGTON DC (IN) | 90 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Porter Hospital LLC | 1,509 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PORTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL | 1,468 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Opportunity Enterprises, Inc. | 635 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Valparaiso | 411 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Weld School District | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mark A. Mondo Building & Excavating | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | DALDALLASTX | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 2882 - Katy North | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Wiring Technologies Inc | 90 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CB Mining | 90 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rogers Waiver | 90 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Florissant Valley Health & Rehabilitation Center | 90 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.