Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade · Minnesota

Hard Chrome

Name: Hard Chrome Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Minneapolis, MN · ~25 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hard Chrome runs at 126% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Hard Chrome: 4.2 TCR = 126% of Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hard Chrome safety composite

Hard Chrome scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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).

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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%).

Hard Chrome held a steady TCR band

Hard Chrome's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 15.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=3.4 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=15.2 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Minneapolis, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 126% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #10/29
PHOTO Chrome Deposit Corpo…
BOOK 6y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chrome Deposit Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Hard Chrome averages 4.2 TCR (126% of the Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS benchmark).

Hard Chrome TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3.4 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=15.2 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Hard Chrome falls in its industry

585 Electroplating metals and form establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 29 Electroplating metals and form employers in Minnesota.

Hard Chrome (25 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Hard Chrome 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
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	15.2	15.2	4
2019	3.3	3.3	1
2018	3.2	3.2	1
2017	3.4	3.4	1
2016	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · MN · Minneapolis

585 Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 1,321 employers in Minneapolis, MN · 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	Chrome Deposit Corporation	PORTAGE, IN	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Quality Electroplating Corp	CAGUAS, PR	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Advanced Precision Anodizing, Inc.	WOOD VILLAGE, OR	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	General Magnaplate Texas, Inc.	ARLINGTON, TX	4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	GDM Seeds, Inc - Hutchinson, MN	HUTCHINSON	25 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Park Rapids Trucking	PARK RAPIDS	25 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Country Pork LLP	PRINSBURG	25 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Select Genetics MN IPH 03-0110-10, 50, 51, 52, 970	WILLMAR	25 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Minnesota Twin Cities	Minneapolis	22,522 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MN950 MN TELECOMMUTER	Minneapolis	12,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0501 - City Center	Minneapolis	8,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hennepin County Medical Center	Minneapolis	7,030 FTE
NAT-TCR	WT	Sewell, NJ	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	FMS Construction Company	Sharpsburg, PA	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	AVS Inc.	Ayer, MA	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	APS FireCo Oklahoma City	Oklahoma City, OK	4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Clean Earth of Connecticut	Plainville, CT	25 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CRI - Pennsylvania	Toledo, OH	25 FTE
NAT-SIZE	MacNeal Hospital EM	Berwyn, IL	25 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Standard Industrial Corp.	Posen, MI	25 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.