Air compressors manufacturing · Indiana

Vanair Manufacturing Co. Inc.

Name: Vanair Manufacturing Co. Inc. Workplace Safety Data
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Michigan City, IN · ~149 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Vanair Manufacturing Co. Inc. runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Air compressors manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Vanair Manufacturing Co. Inc.: 2.8 TCR = 84% of Air compressors manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vanair Manufacturing Co. Inc. safety composite

Vanair Manufacturing Co. Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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).

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 2.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

−2.8

2016→2023

Vanair Manufacturing Co. Inc. injury rate improved

Vanair Manufacturing Co. Inc.'s TCR fell 2.8 from 5.4 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.4 · 2017=5.4 · 2018=0.9 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=2.0 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333912 · Michigan City, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 84% of ind

DART 2.6 DART
RANK #5/6
PHOTO Ariel Mt. Vernon
BOOK 7y book
INJ 26 inj
SIZE ~149 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ariel Mt. Vernon (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.8
Ariel Mt. Vern

2.8
Ariel Corporat

2.8
Quincy Compres

2.7
Industrial Tec

2.7

What this shows Vanair Manufacturing Co. Inc. averages 2.8 TCR (84% of the Air compressors manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Vanair Manufacturing Co. Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.4 · 2017=5.4 · 2018=0.9 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=2 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Vanair Manufacturing Co. Inc. falls in its industry

128 Air compressors manufacturing establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Air compressors manufacturing employers in Indiana.

Vanair Manufacturing Co. Inc. (149 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 1.7

Vanair Manufacturing Co. Inc. has more employees than the Air compressors manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.7. 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
2023	2.6	2.6	5
2022	2.5	1.9	4
2021	2.0	0.7	3
2020	0.7	0.7	1
2018	0.9	0.9	1
2017	5.4	1.8	6
2016	5.4	1.8	6

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333912 · IN · Michigan City

128 Air compressors manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 111 employers in Michigan City, 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	Ariel Mt. Vernon	MOUNT VERNON, OH	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Quincy Compressor, LLC (North Region)	ADDISON, IL	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ariel Corporation	MOUNT VERNON, OH	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Industrial Technologies and Services, LLC	SIDNEY, OH	2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	FXI, Inc	FORT WAYNE	149 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Indianapolis Zionsville	INDIANAPOLIS	149 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bway Valparaiso	VALPARAISO	149 FTE
STATE-SIZE	TASUS Corporation (Indiana)	BLOOMINGTON	149 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Franciscan Health Michigan City	Michigan City	938 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Blue Chip Casino Hotel Spa	Michigan City	772 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Michigan City High School	Michigan City	603 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hearthside Foods Solutions	Michigan City	602 FTE
NAT-TCR	Karcher North America	Aurora, CO	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ace Technologies - Macon	Macon, GA	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	ProBuild Construction, Inc.	West Jordan, UT	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sweeney	Hagerstown, MD	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Case Goods/Corp Office/Upholstery	Morganton, NC	149 FTE
NAT-SIZE	LMI - Washington	Washington, MO	149 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Berry Global Inc	Erie, PA	149 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Gregg Drilling	Signal Hill, CA	149 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 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.