Polyurethane coatings manufacturing · Maryland

Hi-Tech Color, Inc.

Odenton, MD · ~25 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hi-Tech Color, Inc. runs at 492% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Polyurethane coatings manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Hi-Tech Color, Inc.: 16.2 TCR = 492% of Polyurethane coatings manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hi-Tech Color, Inc. safety composite

Hi-Tech Color, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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%).

TCR Δ

−37.9

2022→2024

Hi-Tech Color, Inc. injury rate improved

Hi-Tech Color, Inc.'s TCR fell 37.9 from 40.9 in 2022 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 40.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=40.9 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Odenton, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 16.2 · 492% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #6/7
  • PHOTO USA SC Sumter Plant
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: USA SC Sumter Plant (0.3 TCR gap)

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Hi-Tech Color, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hi-Tech Color, Inc. averages 16.2 TCR (492% of the Polyurethane coatings manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Hi-Tech Color, Inc. TCR series: 2022=40.9 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=3 · BLS 3.3

Where Hi-Tech Color, Inc. falls in its industry

530 Polyurethane coatings manufact establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Polyurethane coatings manufact employers in Maryland.

Hi-Tech Color, Inc. (25 employees, TCR 16.2) 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Hi-Tech Color, Inc.
Hi-Tech Color, Inc. (25 employees, TCR 16.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Hi-Tech Color, Inc. has fewer employees than the Polyurethane coatings 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 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2023 4.9 0.0 1 0 0
2022 40.9 13.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · MD · Odenton

530 Polyurethane coatings manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 35 employers in Odenton, MD · 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 USA SC Sumter Plant 15.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR R & R Powder Coating Lincolnton 16.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR KBP Coil Coaters inc. 17.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carboline Dayton 18.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Solar Gaines, LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Annex Building 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Office 70 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2020149 - Yel02 Lot 8 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR VarcoMac LLC 622 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4106 SOUTH CENTRAL-ODENTON MD 240 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ferguson Trenching Company Inc 208 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2662-4106 198 FTE
NAT-TCR Sheriff's Office - Law Enforcement 16.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Route Runners NV 16.2 TCR
NAT-TCR SPSV Entertainment LLC 16.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Arbly - Blytheville 16.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE TTS Distribution, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hyatt House San Ramon 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elevate Construction Partnership, LLC 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Barbour Plastics, Inc 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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