Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade · Rhode Island

American Plating

Cranston, RI · ~17 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

American Plating runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade workplace, earning a grade C.

American Plating: 3.5 TCR = 106% of Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Plating safety composite

American Plating scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−10.5

2021→2023

American Plating injury rate improved

American Plating's TCR fell 10.5 from 10.5 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=10.5 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Cranston, RI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 106% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/11
  • PHOTO Varland Metal Servic…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~17 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Varland Metal Service, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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American Plating in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows American Plating averages 3.5 TCR (106% 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

American Plating TCR series: 2021=10.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where American Plating falls in its industry

585 Electroplating metals and form establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Rhode Island alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 11 Electroplating metals and form employers in Rhode Island.

American Plating (17 employees, TCR 3.5) 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 American Plating
American Plating (17 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

American Plating has fewer employees than the Electroplating metals and formed product median and a lower 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 10.5 10.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · RI · Cranston

585 Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,610 rated employers in Rhode Island with headcount on file · 151 employers in Cranston, RI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Varland Metal Service, Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Premier Finishing, Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Providence Metallizing Co., Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Finishing & Plating Service, Inc. 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Woonsocket 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE 103970 - Plainfield Pike Solar 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE 104572 - 5.72MW Manville Cumberland Solar 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Portland Group Providence 17 FTE
CITY-NEAR Taco Cranston 393 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tasca Lincoln Mercury Inc 391 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thielsch Engineering HQ 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR Heritage Healthcare Services Inc. 347 FTE
NAT-TCR Colorado Springs CS 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR A&C Business Enterprises 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Valencia Base - Bld: 1030 - 15 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 12624 - Hempfield 3.5 TCR

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. 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.