Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade · Ohio

A-Brite Plating

Cleveland, OH · ~257 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

A-Brite Plating runs at 180% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

A-Brite Plating: 5.9 TCR = 180% of Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

A-Brite Plating safety composite

A-Brite Plating scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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).

D

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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

−7.5

2016→2019

A-Brite Plating injury rate improved

A-Brite Plating's TCR fell 7.5 from 9.4 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.4 · 2017=6.5 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Cleveland, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 180% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #50/62
  • PHOTO Main Office
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~257 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Main Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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A-Brite Plating in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows A-Brite Plating averages 5.9 TCR (180% of the Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

A-Brite Plating TCR series: 2016=9.4 · 2017=6.5 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where A-Brite Plating falls in its industry

585 Electroplating metals and form establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #50 safest of 62 Electroplating metals and form employers in Ohio.

A-Brite Plating (257 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate A-Brite Plating
A-Brite Plating (257 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

A-Brite Plating has more employees than the Electroplating metals and formed product median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2019 1.9 1.0 3 1 0
2018 5.9 1.3 11 3 0
2017 6.5 2.0 12 4 0
2016 9.4 3.5 11 8 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · OH · Cleveland

585 Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 922 employers in Cleveland, OH · 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 Main Office 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alco Cad Nickel Plating Corp 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Diamond Chrome Plating 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Electronics Metal Finishing Corporation 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rich Products Hilliard 257 FTE
STATE-SIZE Creative Extruded Products, LLC - TIPP CITY 257 FTE
STATE-SIZE Continental 257 FTE
STATE-SIZE JSW Steel USA Ohio, Inc. 257 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland Clinic Main Campus 25,629 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Cleveland Clinic Foundation 20,763 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland Medical Center 10,377 FTE
CITY-NEAR SILCO FIRE & SECURITY - CLEVELAND 3,641 FTE
NAT-TCR Koorsen Fire & Security Kokomo 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR InChem Charlotte LLC 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR E.M. Tharp 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : DFW6 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE TI Group Automotive Systems LLC 257 FTE
NAT-SIZE Triton Stone Group of New Orleans 257 FTE
NAT-SIZE NDX Keller 257 FTE
NAT-SIZE 66 Boerum Place 257 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.