Aluminum coating of metal products for the trade · Indiana

DC Coaters

Tipton, IN · ~71 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DC Coaters runs at 286% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Aluminum coating of metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade F.

DC Coaters: 9.4 TCR = 286% of Aluminum coating of metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DC Coaters safety composite

DC Coaters scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

−5.9

2018→2023

DC Coaters injury rate improved

DC Coaters's TCR fell 5.9 from 12.4 in 2018 to 6.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=12.4 · 2023=6.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 286% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #28/32
  • PHOTO Oerlikon Balzers Coa…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~71 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Wixom (0.0 TCR gap)

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DC Coaters in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DC Coaters averages 9.4 TCR (286% of the Aluminum coating of metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

DC Coaters TCR series: 2018=12.4 · 2023=6.5 · BLS 3.3

Where DC Coaters falls in its industry

646 Aluminum coating of metal prod establishments

Safer than 13% 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 #28 safest of 32 Aluminum coating of metal prod employers in Indiana.

DC Coaters (71 employees, TCR 9.4) 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 DC Coaters
DC Coaters (71 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

DC Coaters has more employees than the Aluminum coating of metal products for t 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
2023 6.5 1.6 4 0 0
2018 12.4 7.4 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332812 · IN · Tipton

646 Aluminum coating of metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 31 employers in Tipton, 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 Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Wixom 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Reifel Industries Inc 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southwest Galvanizing 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR AZZ Crowley Powder Coat 9.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Northeastern REMC 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Valparaiso City Services 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Signature Construction LLC 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE TWG Construction, LLC. 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tipton Transmission Plant 677 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tipton Hospital 319 FTE
CITY-NEAR Park 100 Foods Tipton 243 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indiana University HealthTipton Hospital 201 FTE
NAT-TCR Riddle Health Care Services 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Water Country (WCW) 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR USM Store #923 (ALBERTSONS MARKET) 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0454 9.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Manor Lake Hiram 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Meadowview Physician Practice LLC 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Byron Products 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE TX - Tesla 71 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: 2023, 2018. 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.