Warehousing and storage, general merchandise · Indiana

Valparaiso Return Center

Name: Valparaiso Return Center Workplace Safety Data
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Valparaiso, IN · ~120 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · September 26, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.4
Avg TCR: 5.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Valparaiso Return Center runs at 25% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Warehousing and storage, general merchandise workplace, earning a grade A.

Valparaiso Return Center: 1.4 TCR = 25% of Warehousing and storage, general merchandise BLS 5.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valparaiso Return Center safety composite

Valparaiso Return Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% 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).

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

2016→2018

Valparaiso Return Center injury rate improved

Valparaiso Return Center's TCR fell 2.9 from 2.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Valparaiso, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 25% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #88/366
PHOTO GEODIS LOGISTICS 1
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~120 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GEODIS LOGISTICS 1 (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.4
GEODIS LOGISTI

1.4
GMI Carson WHS

1.4
MAC 3500 LLC

1.4
Southwire Comp

1.4

What this shows Valparaiso Return Center averages 1.4 TCR (25% of the Warehousing and storage, general merchandise BLS benchmark).

Valparaiso Return Center TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2018=0 · BLS 5.8

Where Valparaiso Return Center falls in its industry

9,477 Warehousing and storage, gener establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #88 safest of 366 Warehousing and storage, gener employers in Indiana.

Valparaiso Return Center (120 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Valparaiso Return Center has more employees than the Warehousing and storage, general merchan median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2016	2.9	2.9	3	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · IN · Valparaiso

9,477 Warehousing and storage, general merchandise 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	GEODIS LOGISTICS 1	PHOENIX, AZ	1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GMI Carson WHS	CARSON, CA	1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MAC 3500 LLC	HIALEAH GARDENS, FL	1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Southwire Company - Energy CSC	VILLA RICA, GA	1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Automated Routing, Inc. Main	ST. MEINRAD	120 FTE
STATE-SIZE	462410003	INDIANAPOLIS	120 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CrossRoads Plant 507	TOPEKA	120 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Strack And Van Til Valparaiso North	VALPARAISO	120 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Porter Hospital LLC	Valparaiso	1,509 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PORTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL	Valparaiso	1,468 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Opportunity Enterprises, Inc.	Valparaiso	635 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Valparaiso	Valparaiso	411 FTE
NAT-TCR	Structure Tone, Inc.	Boston, MA	1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ashtabula	Luverne, ND	1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lonza/Arch - Charleston	Charleston, TN	1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	AZ.TEMPE.4 - Ricoh Usa, Inc.	Tempe, AZ	1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Glen Saint Andrew Living Community	Niles, IL	120 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Gretz Beverage Montco Inc.	Hatfield, PA	120 FTE
NAT-SIZE	GA Distribution Center	Lawrenceville, GA	120 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Delta Unibus Division (DUB)	Northlake, IL	120 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: 2018, 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.