Paint and wallpaper stripping · Pennsylvania

Colorworks

Pittsburgh, Pa, PA · ~36 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Colorworks runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Paint and wallpaper stripping workplace, earning a grade D.

Colorworks: 4.3 TCR = 155% of Paint and wallpaper stripping BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Colorworks safety composite

Colorworks scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−2.5

2021→2022

Colorworks injury rate improved

Colorworks's TCR fell 2.5 from 5.6 in 2021 to 3.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.6 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=5.6 · 2022=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238320 · Pittsburgh, Pa, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 155% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #14/20
  • PHOTO Purcell P&C LLC.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Purcell P&C LLC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Colorworks in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Colorworks averages 4.3 TCR (155% of the Paint and wallpaper stripping BLS benchmark).

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

Colorworks TCR series: 2021=5.6 · 2022=3.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Colorworks falls in its industry

582 Paint and wallpaper stripping establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

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 20 Paint and wallpaper stripping employers in Pennsylvania.

Colorworks (36 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Colorworks
Colorworks (36 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Colorworks has fewer employees than the Paint and wallpaper stripping median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2021 5.6 5.6 0 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238320 · PA · Pittsburgh, Pa

582 Paint and wallpaper stripping employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 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 Purcell P&C LLC. 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gemstone, LLC 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rainbow Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crown Painting Inc. 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE George Didden Greenhouses, Inc. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Altoona 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE UGI Penn Natural Gas Williamsport 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE TIS - PA - Fairless Hills 36 FTE
NAT-TCR Equix Integrity, Inc. - Woodbury 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Gavilon Grain - Catoosa 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Kentucky Steel Center, Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR CSE Missouri 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE NEMA Chicago 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6957-MAF 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6957-BTV 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE United Refrigeration Inc. (D0) 36 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. 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.