Paint and Coating Manufacturing · Ohio

Fostoria, Alpha Coatings Whitford

Fostoria, OH · ~31 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fostoria, Alpha Coatings Whitford runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Paint and Coating Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Fostoria, Alpha Coatings Whitford: 2.7 TCR = 82% of Paint and Coating Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fostoria, Alpha Coatings Whitford safety composite

Fostoria, Alpha Coatings Whitford scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Fostoria, Alpha Coatings Whitford: 3.1 → 7.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 7.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.39× in 2024

Fostoria, Alpha Coatings Whitford's TCR rose 4.5 from 3.1 in 2020 to 7.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Fostoria, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 82% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #40/58
  • PHOTO IFS Coatings Gainesv…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: IFS Coatings Gainesville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fostoria, Alpha Coatings Whitford in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fostoria, Alpha Coatings Whitford averages 2.7 TCR (82% of the Paint and Coating Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Fostoria, Alpha Coatings Whitford TCR series: 2020=3.1 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=0 · 2024=7.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Fostoria, Alpha Coatings Whitford falls in its industry

530 Paint and Coating Manufacturin establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 58 Paint and Coating Manufacturin employers in Ohio.

Fostoria, Alpha Coatings Whitford (31 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Fostoria, Alpha Coatings Whitford
Fostoria, Alpha Coatings Whitford (31 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Fostoria, Alpha Coatings Whitford has fewer employees than the Paint and Coating Manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 7.6 3.8 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.1 3.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · OH · Fostoria

530 Paint and Coating Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 47 employers in Fostoria, OH · 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 IFS Coatings Gainesville 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Springdale 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sun Coatings PHX 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR US GA Morrow Plant 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Farm 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pine Valley Ranch 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Layer 5 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Croton Pullet 3 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Roppe Corporation 286 FTE
CITY-NEAR Good Shepherd Home 230 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fostoria Community Hospital 190 FTE
CITY-NEAR NOX US 169 FTE
NAT-TCR Shelby - CR 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Salt Lake 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR IMAC Inc 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 7786-Pdllc-Elmira College 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Climate Pros Brooklyn Park 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spies Pool Inc. 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4018 - Eau Claire Concrete Plant 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Transport - 274 31 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, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.