Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade · California

Hixson Metal Finishing

Newport Beach, CA · ~135 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hixson Metal Finishing runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade A.

Hixson Metal Finishing: 1.6 TCR = 50% of Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hixson Metal Finishing safety composite

Hixson Metal Finishing scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

Hixson Metal Finishing: 1.2 → 2.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.24× in 2024

Hixson Metal Finishing's TCR rose 0.8 from 1.2 in 2017 to 2.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Newport Beach, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 50% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #16/74
  • PHOTO Klune Spanish Fork
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~135 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Klune Spanish Fork (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hixson Metal Finishing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hixson Metal Finishing averages 1.6 TCR (50% of the Anodizing 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

Hixson Metal Finishing TCR series: 2017=1.2 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=1.8 · 2024=2 · BLS 3.3

Where Hixson Metal Finishing falls in its industry

585 Anodizing metals and metal pro establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 74 Anodizing metals and metal pro employers in California.

Hixson Metal Finishing (135 employees, TCR 1.6) 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 Hixson Metal Finishing
Hixson Metal Finishing (135 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Hixson Metal Finishing has more employees than the Anodizing metals and metal products for median and a lower 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 2.0 2.0 3 0 0
2020 1.8 1.2 3 0 0
2019 1.5 1.5 3 0 0
2017 1.2 1.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · CA · Newport Beach

585 Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 106 employers in Newport Beach, CA · 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 Klune Spanish Fork 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aerospace Coatings International, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cassavant Assembly and Processing LLC 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metal Finishing 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Vino Vid Inc 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Saticoy Lemon Association - Oxnard 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sun Pacific Shippers LP | Bakersfield Packinghouse 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Pak Avocado 135 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian 8,071 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hoag Hospital 5,115 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian - Irvine 2,615 FTE
CITY-NEAR Irvine Company Resorts Division 2,175 FTE
NAT-TCR Standard Industries 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Rough River Dam State Resort Park 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Substation 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Hearty Fresh 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gaines and company 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Complete Millwork Services, Inc 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Dynamics NASSCO - Mayport 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE KI USA Corporation 135 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, 2020, 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.