Powder coatings manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc.

Reading, PA · ~133 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Powder coatings manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc.: 1.7 TCR = 52% of Powder coatings manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. safety composite

Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% 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).

C

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

−0.8

2022→2024

Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. injury rate improved

Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc.'s TCR fell 0.8 from 1.6 in 2022 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=1.6 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Reading, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 52% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #14/40
  • PHOTO USA SC Summerville P…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~133 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: USA SC Summerville Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. averages 1.7 TCR (52% of the Powder coatings manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. TCR series: 2022=1.6 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. falls in its industry

530 Powder coatings manufacturing establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 40 Powder coatings manufacturing employers in Pennsylvania.

Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. (133 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc.
Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. (133 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. has more employees than the Powder coatings manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2023 2.7 2.7 3 0 0
2022 1.6 1.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · PA · Reading

530 Powder coatings manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 303 employers in Reading, 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 USA SC Summerville Plant 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rust-Oleum 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ringgold Plastic Masterbatch 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc. - Westland, MI 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Charter Homes & Neighborhoods 133 FTE
STATE-SIZE Scenic Ridge Company 133 FTE
STATE-SIZE Construction Masters Services, LLC. 133 FTE
STATE-SIZE FM Browns Sons Inc. Sinking Spring 133 FTE
CITY-NEAR READING HOSPITAL 5,693 FTE
CITY-NEAR SAO : Reading 2,203 FTE
CITY-NEAR A077 - Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center 1,764 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - TEN1 1,261 FTE
NAT-TCR ALTAVISTA 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Crescent Crown Distributing, L.L.C. // Baton Rouge 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sylmar 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Wichita Fleet 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Piney Orchard Service Center 133 FTE
NAT-SIZE Byron Oxbo 133 FTE
NAT-SIZE NNC 133 FTE
NAT-SIZE KANKAKEE 133 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. 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.