Wholesale Distributor · Indiana

Valparaiso

Valparaiso, IN · ~157 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Valparaiso runs at 190% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Wholesale Distributor workplace, earning a grade D.

Valparaiso: 4.2 TCR = 190% of Wholesale Distributor BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valparaiso safety composite

Valparaiso scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−2.9

2017→2024

Valparaiso injury rate improved

Valparaiso's TCR fell 2.9 from 2.9 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 13.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.9 · 2018=1.3 · 2021=13.4 · 2022=4.0 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423730 · Valparaiso, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 190% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/7
  • PHOTO The Star Supply Comp…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~157 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Star Supply Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Valparaiso in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Valparaiso averages 4.2 TCR (190% of the Wholesale Distributor BLS benchmark).

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

Valparaiso TCR series: 2017=2.9 · 2018=1.3 · 2021=13.4 · 2022=4 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Valparaiso falls in its industry

290 Wholesale Distributor establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Wholesale Distributor employers in Indiana.

Valparaiso (157 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Valparaiso
Valparaiso (157 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Valparaiso has more employees than the Wholesale Distributor 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.6 1.2 3 0 0
2022 4.0 2.6 3 0 0
2021 13.4 0.0 3 0 0
2018 1.3 1.3 2 0 0
2017 2.9 1.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423730 · IN · Valparaiso

290 Wholesale Distributor 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 The Star Supply Company 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4192-00051423-TMP 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR CCI - Weymouth 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR RPD West Valley 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE TIP1 Production Facility 157 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sycamore Engineering 157 FTE
STATE-SIZE B & G Foods - Clabber Girl Corporation 157 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lowell Bakery 157 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 Little Rock 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Central Transport - 306 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR College Point 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Millstone Management Group, Inc. 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE De Pere Wi - 3281 157 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kansas City West, Ks - 3361 157 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marinette Wi - 3162 157 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quincy Il - 3262 157 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, 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.