Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade · Indiana

Franke Plating Works

Name: Franke Plating Works Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Fort Wayne, IN · ~34 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Franke Plating Works runs at 186% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Franke Plating Works: 6.1 TCR = 186% of Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Franke Plating Works safety composite

Franke Plating Works scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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).

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

Franke Plating Works: 4.3 → 6.4 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 9.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.52× in 2024

Franke Plating Works's TCR rose 2.1 from 4.3 in 2020 to 6.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 9.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Fort Wayne, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 186% of ind

DART 3.2 DART
RANK #25/30
PHOTO Arcadia Inc. - AAC
BOOK 5y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Arcadia Inc. - AAC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Franke Plating Works averages 6.1 TCR (186% of the Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS benchmark).

Franke Plating Works TCR series: 2020=4.3 · 2021=9.2 · 2022=7.2 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=6.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Franke Plating Works falls in its industry

585 Electroplating metals and form establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 30 Electroplating metals and form employers in Indiana.

Franke Plating Works (34 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Franke Plating Works 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
2024	6.4	3.2	2	0
2023	3.6	3.6	1	0
2022	7.2	0.0	2	0
2021	9.2	3.1	2	1
2020	4.3	4.3	1	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · IN · Fort Wayne

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 · 634 employers in Fort Wayne, IN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Arcadia Inc. - AAC	VERNON, CA	6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Indianhead Plating Inc.	CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	EC PLATING, INC.	SANTA CLARA, CA	6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Har-Conn Aerospace	FORT WORTH, TX	6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	118-NiSource-Hammond IN-CISC	HAMMOND	34 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Heartland REMC - Markle District	MARKLE	34 FTE
STATE-SIZE	220-NiSource-Gary IN-GM&T	GARY	34 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ardizzone Enterprises Inc	INDIANAPOLIS	34 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Parkview Memorial Hospital	Fort Wayne	6,096 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Parkview North Hospital	Fort Wayne	4,648 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Parkview Corporate Office	Fort Wayne	3,312 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Shambaugh & Son LP	Fort Wayne	3,072 FTE
NAT-TCR	Brawley Ca	Brawley, CA	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Badger Electric Motor, Division of EMS Industrial, Inc.	Milwaukee, WI	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bluffton	Ridgeland, SC	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	2467 - Park North	San Antonio, TX	6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Silvi Concrete of Logan	Swedesboro, NJ	34 FTE
NAT-SIZE	00850 Portland Power	Portland, OR	34 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Daytona Glass Works, LLC	Daytona Beach, FL	34 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Starr Electric Company, Inc Fayetteville	Fayetteville, NC	34 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.