Apparel stores, used clothing · Indiana

Valparaiso Retail Store

Valparaiso, IN · ~36 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Valparaiso Retail Store runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Apparel stores, used clothing workplace, earning a grade B.

Valparaiso Retail Store: 2.6 TCR = 76% of Apparel stores, used clothing BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valparaiso Retail Store safety composite

Valparaiso Retail Store scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% 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).

C

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−5.2

2023→2024

Valparaiso Retail Store injury rate improved

Valparaiso Retail Store's TCR fell 5.2 from 5.2 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=5.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 453310 · Valparaiso, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 76% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/30
  • PHOTO Land of Lincoln Good…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Land of Lincoln Goodwill Wabash Store (0.0 TCR gap)

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Valparaiso Retail Store in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Valparaiso Retail Store averages 2.6 TCR (76% of the Apparel stores, used clothing BLS benchmark).

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

Valparaiso Retail Store TCR series: 2023=5.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Valparaiso Retail Store falls in its industry

1,556 Apparel stores, used clothing establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 30 Apparel stores, used clothing employers in Indiana.

Valparaiso Retail Store (36 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Valparaiso Retail Store
Valparaiso Retail Store (36 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Valparaiso Retail Store has more employees than the Apparel stores, used clothing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 5.2 5.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

453310 · IN · Valparaiso

1,556 Apparel stores, used clothing 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 Land of Lincoln Goodwill Wabash Store 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lifsey 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR UNIQUE THIRFT STORE-121ACRE 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Goodwill Industries of Orange County OC Boutique HB 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Indy, Churchman Pack 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Natural Beauty Growers, LLC - Richmond IN 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hidden View Dairy, LLC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elkhart Office and Service Building 36 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 MaiCo Industries, Inc 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Aggressive Tooling 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR San Marcos 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 300000170856667 - WI-Sturtevant-Operating Center 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Human Technologies Syracuse 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Village of Spring Grove 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Texas ProFab Corporation 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Garden State Bobcat, Inc. 36 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. 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.