Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade · Indiana

Elkhart Plating

Elkhart, IN · ~32 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Elkhart Plating runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Elkhart Plating: 5.0 TCR = 153% of Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elkhart Plating safety composite

Elkhart Plating scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 36%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−2.9

2016→2023

Elkhart Plating injury rate improved

Elkhart Plating's TCR fell 2.9 from 2.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2017=8.4 · 2018=8.5 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=8.6 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Elkhart, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 153% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/30
  • PHOTO nVent (ERICO Intern…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: nVent (ERICO International Corporation) - EAN (0.0 TCR gap)

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Elkhart Plating in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Elkhart Plating averages 5.0 TCR (153% 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

Elkhart Plating TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2017=8.4 · 2018=8.5 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=8.6 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Elkhart Plating falls in its industry

585 Electroplating metals and form establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 30 Electroplating metals and form employers in Indiana.

Elkhart Plating (32 employees, TCR 5.0) 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 Elkhart Plating
Elkhart Plating (32 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Elkhart Plating has fewer employees than the Electroplating metals and formed product median and a higher 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 8.6 5.8 3 0 0
2021 2.9 0.0 1 0 0
2020 3.1 0.0 1 0 0
2019 5.8 0.0 0 2 0
2018 8.5 2.8 3 0 0
2017 8.4 5.6 3 0 0
2016 2.9 2.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · IN · Elkhart

585 Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 401 employers in Elkhart, 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 nVent (ERICO International Corporation) - EAN 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Toledo Assembly 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Avtec Finishing Systems, Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Boulder Facility 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE R. Gallagher Generating Station 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aurora 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jasper County REMC Headquarters 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Indiana American Water-Northwest District Borman Park Water Treatment Plant 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Forest River, Inc. 12,549 FTE
CITY-NEAR THOR MOTOR COACH 2,437 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elkhart Community Schools 1,892 FTE
CITY-NEAR HRV LLC 1,692 FTE
NAT-TCR Bend Honda 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Sanger Plant 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Main Office - 01 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Scottsbluff Main Street Market 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Seneca Wastewater Treatment Plant 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Waukon Feed Ranch Mill Site 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE LA - Lafayette 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gold Star Feed and Grain, LLC Sangerfield NY 32 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.