Automotive paint shops · Indiana

Carrera Custom Painting

Elkhart, IN · ~90 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carrera Custom Painting runs at 247% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Automotive paint shops workplace, earning a grade F.

Carrera Custom Painting: 5.2 TCR = 247% of Automotive paint shops BLS 2.1 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carrera Custom Painting safety composite

Carrera Custom Painting scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

−10.4

2016→2022

Carrera Custom Painting injury rate improved

Carrera Custom Painting's TCR fell 10.4 from 12.1 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 12.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.1 · 2018=5.7 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 811121 · Elkhart, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.2 · 247% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #7/8
  • PHOTO Lexington KY
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~90 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lexington KY (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carrera Custom Painting in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carrera Custom Painting averages 5.2 TCR (247% of the Automotive paint shops BLS benchmark).

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

Carrera Custom Painting TCR series: 2016=12.1 · 2018=5.7 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=1.7 · BLS 2.1

Where Carrera Custom Painting falls in its industry

277 Automotive paint shops establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 8 Automotive paint shops employers in Indiana.

Carrera Custom Painting (90 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Carrera Custom Painting
Carrera Custom Painting (90 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Carrera Custom Painting has more employees than the Automotive paint shops median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2021 6.6 3.3 4 0 0
2020 3.5 3.5 2 0 0
2019 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2018 5.7 3.4 5 0 0
2016 12.1 4.8 9 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

811121 · IN · Elkhart

277 Automotive paint shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 401 employers in Elkhart, 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 Lexington KY 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mike Johnson's Collision Center 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Garner 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR South Minneapolis 3325 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE NineStar Connect-South Campus 90 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Skillman Corporation 90 FTE
STATE-SIZE E & B PAVING LLC - Kokomo 90 FTE
STATE-SIZE Peterman 90 FTE
CITY-NEAR Forest River, Inc. 12,549 FTE
CITY-NEAR THOR MOTOR COACH 2,437 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elkhart Community Schools 1,892 FTE
CITY-NEAR HRV LLC 1,692 FTE
NAT-TCR Canisius Coll Tim's 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Bumble Bee Seafoods - Cape May 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Johnstown Yard 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 0373 - Independence Mo Whse 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sedano's Supermarket #16 90 FTE
NAT-SIZE Google Gpak Catering 90 FTE
NAT-SIZE PMG-Atrisco 90 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sedano's Supermarket #27 90 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, 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.