Powder coating metals and metal products for the trade · Wisconsin

Hartford Finishing West

Name: Hartford Finishing West Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Hartford, WI · ~183 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hartford Finishing West runs at 293% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Powder coating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade F.

Hartford Finishing West: 9.7 TCR = 293% of Powder coating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hartford Finishing West safety composite

Hartford Finishing West scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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).

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−4.5

2016→2021

Hartford Finishing West injury rate improved

Hartford Finishing West's TCR fell 4.5 from 10.3 in 2016 to 5.9 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 13.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.3 · 2017=8.1 · 2018=13.3 · 2019=12.2 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332812 · Hartford, WI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.7 · 293% of ind

DART 4.4 DART
RANK #44/56
PHOTO AZZ Galvanizing - Mu…
BOOK 6y book
INJ 125 inj
SIZE ~183 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AZZ Galvanizing - Muncie (0.0 TCR gap)

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9.8
Cadon Plating

9.8
This site

9.7
AZZ Galvanizin

9.7
Star Fab Colum

9.7

What this shows Hartford Finishing West averages 9.7 TCR (293% of the Powder coating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

Hartford Finishing West TCR series: 2016=10.3 · 2017=8.1 · 2018=13.3 · 2019=12.2 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=5.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Hartford Finishing West falls in its industry

646 Powder coating metals and meta establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #44 safest of 56 Powder coating metals and meta employers in Wisconsin.

Hartford Finishing West (183 employees, TCR 9.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Hartford Finishing West has more employees than the Powder coating metals and metal products median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2021	5.9	4.4	12	0
2020	8.2	6.6	15	0
2019	12.2	9.5	27	0
2018	13.3	10.5	34	0
2017	8.1	5.9	17	1
2016	10.3	4.1	20	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332812 · WI · Hartford

646 Powder coating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 48 employers in Hartford, WI · 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	AZZ Galvanizing - Muncie	MUNCIE, IN	9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Star Fab Columbiana	COLUMBIANA, OH	9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	V&S Detroit Galvanizing LLC	REDFORD, MI	9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cadon Plating and Coatings	WYANDOTTE, MI	9.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Markesan	MARKESAN	183 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ventura Foods Waukesha	WAUKESHA	183 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Little Rapids Shawano Specialty Paper	SHAWANO	183 FTE
STATE-SIZE	HENTZEN COATINGS, INC. MILWAUKEE	MILWAUKEE	183 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HARTFORD WI	Hartford	743 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SIGNICAST LLC	Hartford	738 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Signicast - Hartford Manufacturing Complex	Hartford	736 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Broan-NuTone LLC	Hartford	723 FTE
NAT-TCR	Bohannon Building	Lansing, MI	9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Walsh Northern	Tacoma, WA	9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Transtar Industries	Cookeville, TN	9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wise Owl Animal Hospital	Tamuning, GU	9.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center	Kansas City, MO	183 FTE
NAT-SIZE	National Office Furniture	Danville, KY	183 FTE
NAT-SIZE	TC Transcontinental Spartanburg	Spartanburg, SC	183 FTE
NAT-SIZE	HFWH Center for Health Service	Brownstown, MI	183 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.