Plating metals and metal products for the trade · Pennsylvania

Erie Hard Chrome, Inc.

Erie, PA · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Erie Hard Chrome, Inc. runs at 157% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Erie Hard Chrome, Inc.: 5.2 TCR = 157% of Plating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Erie Hard Chrome, Inc. safety composite

Erie Hard Chrome, Inc. 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.34 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%).

Rising injury rate

Erie Hard Chrome, Inc.: 3.6 → 6.7 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 6.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.65× in 2020

Erie Hard Chrome, Inc.'s TCR rose 3.1 from 3.6 in 2018 to 6.7 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Erie, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 157% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #16/27
  • PHOTO Jerry's Metal Finish…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jerry's Metal Finishing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Erie Hard Chrome, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Erie Hard Chrome, Inc. averages 5.2 TCR (157% of the Plating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Erie Hard Chrome, Inc. TCR series: 2018=3.6 · 2020=6.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Erie Hard Chrome, Inc. falls in its industry

585 Plating metals and metal produ establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 27 Plating metals and metal produ employers in Pennsylvania.

Erie Hard Chrome, Inc. (22 employees, TCR 5.2) 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 Erie Hard Chrome, Inc.
Erie Hard Chrome, Inc. (22 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Erie Hard Chrome, Inc. has fewer employees than the Plating metals and metal products for th 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
2020 6.7 3.3 1 1 0
2018 3.6 3.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · PA · Erie

585 Plating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 473 employers in Erie, PA · 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 Jerry's Metal Finishing 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plastic Plate Monroe 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hantal Alabama Corporation 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Electronic Precision Specialties, Inc. 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dawson's Orchards 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kuhn Orchards, LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Giorgi Mushroom Farm 3 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Hope 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain : Erie, PA 5,403 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Hamot 2,675 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wabtec-Erie 2,141 FTE
CITY-NEAR SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL 2,135 FTE
NAT-TCR Titan Tube Fabricators Inc 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR California Commercial Solar, Inc. 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Good Shepherd Nursing Home 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Signature Flight Support Raleigh 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Contract Machining and Manufacture 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Auto Value - Bismarck 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Auto Value - Austin 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lubbock 17 22 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: 2020, 2018. 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.