Waste treatment facilities, hazardous · Indiana

VCU Collections & Distribution

Valparaiso, IN · ~25 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.7
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

VCU Collections & Distribution runs at 371% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Waste treatment facilities, hazardous workplace, earning a grade F.

VCU Collections & Distribution: 9.7 TCR = 371% of Waste treatment facilities, hazardous BLS 2.6 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VCU Collections & Distribution safety composite

VCU Collections & Distribution scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).

F

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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%).

TCR Δ

−5.8

2017→2022

VCU Collections & Distribution injury rate improved

VCU Collections & Distribution's TCR fell 5.8 from 14.7 in 2017 to 8.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 19.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=14.7 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=19.9 · 2022=8.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562211 · Valparaiso, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.7 · 371% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #11/11
  • PHOTO Circon Environmental
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Circon Environmental (0.1 TCR gap)

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VCU Collections & Distribution in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows VCU Collections & Distribution averages 9.7 TCR (371% of the Waste treatment facilities, hazardous BLS benchmark).

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

VCU Collections & Distribution TCR series: 2017=14.7 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=19.9 · 2022=8.9 · BLS 2.6

Where VCU Collections & Distribution falls in its industry

211 Waste treatment facilities, ha establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 11 Waste treatment facilities, ha employers in Indiana.

VCU Collections & Distribution (25 employees, TCR 9.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 50 employees and a TCR of 1.8 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate VCU Collections & Distribution
VCU Collections & Distribution (25 employees, TCR 9.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 50 employees and a TCR of 1.8

VCU Collections & Distribution has fewer employees than the Waste treatment facilities, hazardous median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.8. 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
2022 8.9 4.5 1 1 0
2021 19.9 9.9 4 0 0
2020 4.9 4.9 1 0 0
2019 4.8 4.8 1 0 0
2018 4.7 4.7 1 0 0
2017 14.7 9.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562211 · IN · Valparaiso

211 Waste treatment facilities, hazardous 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 Circon Environmental 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stericycle Environmental Solutions - 1701Tacoma,WA 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR S07469 - WMHS Vernon 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orange Avenue Disposal 11.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Vincennes Hatchery 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE U.S. Aggregates, Inc - Corporate 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE RWE Renewables Services LLC-Wildcat 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Franklin (Pwr Del-IN) 25 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 Clinton Hickman County Hospital, Inc. 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 4054-ABS-0017-0016-00977 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Francis Medical Center 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 515334-Louisa Po 9.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE 6957-FAR 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Teton Ace Hardware 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Noosa Pest Management 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hydrodec of North America, LLC. 25 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.