Metals service centers · Indiana

Electric Coating Technologies

East Chicago, IN · ~36 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Electric Coating Technologies runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade C.

Electric Coating Technologies: 2.3 TCR = 105% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Electric Coating Technologies safety composite

Electric Coating Technologies scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

Electric Coating Technologies: 0.0 → 1.9 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 7.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Electric Coating Technologies's TCR rose 1.9 from 0.0 in 2019 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · East Chicago, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.3 · 105% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #21/75
  • PHOTO Yarde Metals, Inc.: …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Yarde Metals, Inc.: Connecticut (0.0 TCR gap)

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Electric Coating Technologies in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Electric Coating Technologies averages 2.3 TCR (105% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Electric Coating Technologies TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=7.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Electric Coating Technologies falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 75 Metals service centers employers in Indiana.

Electric Coating Technologies (36 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 Electric Coating Technologies
Electric Coating Technologies (36 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Electric Coating Technologies has fewer employees than the Metals service centers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 7.3 4.8 3 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IN · East Chicago

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 69 employers in East Chicago, 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 Yarde Metals, Inc.: Connecticut 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Memphis MEM 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Norfolk Iron and Metal - Nebraska 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR tk Steel Services - Detroit 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Indy, Churchman Pack 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Natural Beauty Growers, LLC - Richmond IN 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hidden View Dairy, LLC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elkhart Office and Service Building 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arcelormittal Indiana Harbor 3,844 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland-Cliffs - Indiana Harbor 3,192 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ameristar East Chicago 1,371 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ameristar Casino and Hotel East Chicago 1,155 FTE
NAT-TCR Brewers Supply Group - West Warwick RI 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Wooden Shoe Bulb Co dba Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Southern Pioneer Electric Company Medicine Lodge District 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR The Boldt Company - OK 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bastion Technologies, Inc.-NBL/NOC 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eugene Sand Construction 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE LT ELectric and Lighting Inc - DBA LT Generators 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shepherd of The Valley Lutheran Retirement Inc 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: 2024, 2023, 2020, 2019. 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.