Plating metals and metal products for the trade · Pennsylvania

Hard Chrome Specialists, Inc.

York, PA · ~25 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hard Chrome Specialists, Inc. runs at 347% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade F.

Hard Chrome Specialists, Inc.: 11.5 TCR = 347% of Plating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hard Chrome Specialists, Inc. safety composite

Hard Chrome Specialists, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−15.1

2022→2024

Hard Chrome Specialists, Inc. injury rate improved

Hard Chrome Specialists, Inc.'s TCR fell 15.1 from 18.7 in 2022 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 18.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=18.7 · 2023=12.1 · 2024=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 11.5 · 347% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #23/27
  • PHOTO Miami Valley Polishi…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Miami Valley Polishing, LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

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Hard Chrome Specialists, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hard Chrome Specialists, Inc. averages 11.5 TCR (347% 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

Hard Chrome Specialists, Inc. TCR series: 2022=18.7 · 2023=12.1 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Hard Chrome Specialists, Inc. falls in its industry

585 Plating metals and metal produ establishments

Safer than 4% 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 #23 safest of 27 Plating metals and metal produ employers in Pennsylvania.

Hard Chrome Specialists, Inc. (25 employees, TCR 11.5) 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 Hard Chrome Specialists, Inc.
Hard Chrome Specialists, Inc. (25 employees, TCR 11.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Hard Chrome Specialists, 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
2024 3.6 3.6 1 0 0
2023 12.1 4.0 2 1 0
2022 18.7 14.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · PA · York

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 · 496 employers in York, 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 Miami Valley Polishing, LLC 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR KC Jones Plating - Adhesives 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eco Finishing Company 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plating Division 11.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer New Holland NHL1 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hunterstown Power Generation 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Power Producer 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Warren Electric Cooperative, Inc. 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR WellSpan York Hospital 4,886 FTE
CITY-NEAR WellSpan Medical Group 4,293 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wellspan Health 2,591 FTE
CITY-NEAR FedEx Supply Chain (Target York) 1,875 FTE
NAT-TCR Airdrie Stud 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Ohio Living - Sarah Moore 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR CWPMI, Inc 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Amenia ICF 11.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Logan Aluminum Inc 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Keller Development Inc 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE WEBB CONCRETE & BUILDING MATERIALS INC / 221 Industrial Drive / Oxford 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE WEBB CONCRETE & BUILDING MATERIALS INC /1032 11th Ct.. W / Birmingham 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.