Warehousing and storage, general merchandise · Pennsylvania
VPS - Distribution Center
Belle Vernon, PA · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 20.1
- Avg TCR
- 5.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
VPS - Distribution Center runs at 346% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Warehousing and storage, general merchandise workplace, earning a grade F.
VPS - Distribution Center: 20.1 TCR = 346% of Warehousing and storage, general merchandise BLS 5.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
VPS - Distribution Center safety composite
VPS - Distribution Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).
13/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 20.07 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 19.86 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% 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%).
Rising injury rate
VPS - Distribution Center: 15.3 → 24.8 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 24.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.99× in 2024
VPS - Distribution Center's TCR rose 9.5 from 15.3 in 2023 to 24.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 493110 · Belle Vernon, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 20.1 · 346% of ind
- DART 19.9 DART
- RANK #646/650
- PHOTO Mount Juliet
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~22 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Mount Juliet (0.1 TCR gap)
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VPS - Distribution Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- IN - Nike Retu
IN - Nike Returns
20.2 TCR
- This site
VPS - Distribution Center
20.1 TCR
- Mount Juliet
Mount Juliet
20.1 TCR
- Ashley Furnitu
Ashley Furniture Inc.
20.1 TCR
- AMZL : DNH2
AMZL : DNH2
20 TCR
What this shows VPS - Distribution Center averages 20.1 TCR (346% of the Warehousing and storage, general merchandise BLS benchmark).
VPS - Distribution Center TCR series: 2023=15.3 · 2024=24.8 · BLS 5.8
Where VPS - Distribution Center falls in its industry
9,477 Warehousing and storage, gener establishmentsSafer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #646 safest of 650 Warehousing and storage, gener employers in Pennsylvania.
VPS - Distribution Center has fewer employees than the Warehousing and storage, general merchan median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24.8 | 19.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 15.3 | 5.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
493110 · PA · Belle Vernon
9,477 Warehousing and storage, general merchandise employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 28 employers in Belle Vernon, PA · 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 | Mount Juliet | 20.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | AMZL : DNH2 | 20.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ashley Furniture Inc. | 20.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | IN - Nike Returns | 20.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Dawson's Orchards | 22 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kuhn Orchards, LLC | 22 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Giorgi Mushroom Farm 3 | 22 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | New Hope | 22 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 2420 | 460 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2420 | 436 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill LLC | 203 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Noble Environmental Specialty Services | 168 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Stl-Ground Ops | 20.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pio Pico | 20.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TownePlace Suites Liberty Station | 20.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Merry Heart Senior Care Services | 20.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Tucker Spartanburg | 22 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | IPS Ft Wayne | 22 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Capitol Palmetto | 22 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MO Drywall Hazelwood | 22 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.