Coating metals and metal products for the trade · Indiana

Chemcoaters LLC

Gary, IN · ~29 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chemcoaters LLC runs at 245% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Coating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade F.

Chemcoaters LLC: 8.1 TCR = 245% of Coating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chemcoaters LLC safety composite

Chemcoaters LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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).

F

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Chemcoaters LLC: 6.4 → 9.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 9.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.21× in 2024

Chemcoaters LLC's TCR rose 3.4 from 6.4 in 2023 to 9.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332812 · Gary, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.1 · 245% of ind

  • DART 9.8 DART
  • RANK #22/32
  • PHOTO Out of the Blue Fini…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Out of the Blue Finishing Solutions (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chemcoaters LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chemcoaters LLC averages 8.1 TCR (245% of the Coating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Chemcoaters LLC TCR series: 2023=6.4 · 2024=9.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Chemcoaters LLC falls in its industry

646 Coating metals and metal produ establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 32 Coating metals and metal produ employers in Indiana.

Chemcoaters LLC (29 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Chemcoaters LLC
Chemcoaters LLC (29 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Chemcoaters LLC has fewer employees than the Coating metals and metal products for th median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 9.8 9.8 3 0 0
2023 6.4 6.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332812 · IN · Gary

646 Coating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 107 employers in Gary, 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 Out of the Blue Finishing Solutions 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tecnocap-Warren 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wisconsin Industrial Coatings 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR BDJ / Techmation, Inc. 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Calf Land LLC 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE LeMaster Steel Erectors Inc. - Noblesville 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE 640-NiSource-Kokomo IN-Home Ave 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE CenterPoint Energy - Clarksville 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR USS Gary Works - Plant 4,744 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gary Works 3,767 FTE
CITY-NEAR HRNI Holdings, LLC 1,430 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DIN2 569 FTE
NAT-TCR Txdel - Del Rio 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Glen Ivy Hot Springs 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Carver County Community Development Agency 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Keslaw Logistics LLC 8.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Holmes Lumber 167 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kempsville Building Materials 482 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jinks Concrete Contractors INC 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Magnolia Construction LLC 29 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. 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.