Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade · Illinois

Craftsman Plating & Tinning

Chicago, IL · ~36 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Craftsman Plating & Tinning runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade workplace, earning a grade B.

Craftsman Plating & Tinning: 2.1 TCR = 64% of Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Craftsman Plating & Tinning safety composite

Craftsman Plating & Tinning scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.23 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%).

Craftsman Plating & Tinning held a steady TCR band

Craftsman Plating & Tinning's TCR held near 0.2 from 3.1 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.1 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 64% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #4/37
  • PHOTO Plating Division
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Plating Division (0.0 TCR gap)

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Craftsman Plating & Tinning in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Craftsman Plating & Tinning averages 2.1 TCR (64% 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

Craftsman Plating & Tinning TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2017=0 · 2018=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Craftsman Plating & Tinning falls in its industry

585 Electroplating metals and form establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 37 Electroplating metals and form employers in Illinois.

Craftsman Plating & Tinning (36 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 Craftsman Plating & Tinning
Craftsman Plating & Tinning (36 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Craftsman Plating & Tinning 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
2018 3.2 3.2 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 3.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · IL · Chicago

585 Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, IL · 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 Plating Division 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oberg Medical Finishing 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lincoln Industries 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Power Services : Houston, TX, USA (Amstar) 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Illinois Foundation Seed Inc- Harvard 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE CHI Greenhouse LLC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE MT ERIE COMPLEX -EST 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Malta 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR thyssenkrupp Bilstein Warehouse 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Cardinal Health Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Gulf Copper South Yard 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Siemens Industry Incorporated 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Building Solutions Since 1977 LLC 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roscommon County Transportation Authority 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tops #508 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE JAXS 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: 2018, 2017, 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.