Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade · Wisconsin

Hydro-Platers, Inc

Milwaukee, WI · ~25 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hydro-Platers, Inc runs at 277% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade F.

Hydro-Platers, Inc: 9.2 TCR = 277% of Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hydro-Platers, Inc safety composite

Hydro-Platers, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

Hydro-Platers, Inc: 8.9 → 9.4 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 9.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.03× in 2019

Hydro-Platers, Inc's TCR rose 0.6 from 8.9 in 2017 to 9.4 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Milwaukee, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.2 · 277% of ind

  • DART 9.4 DART
  • RANK #21/23
  • PHOTO NORCO METAL FINISHIN…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NORCO METAL FINISHING, INC. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Hydro-Platers, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hydro-Platers, Inc averages 9.2 TCR (277% of the Chrome 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

Hydro-Platers, Inc TCR series: 2017=8.9 · 2019=9.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Hydro-Platers, Inc falls in its industry

585 Chrome plating metals and meta establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 23 Chrome plating metals and meta employers in Wisconsin.

Hydro-Platers, Inc (25 employees, TCR 9.2) 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 Hydro-Platers, Inc
Hydro-Platers, Inc (25 employees, TCR 9.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Hydro-Platers, Inc has fewer employees than the Chrome plating metals and metal products 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
2019 9.4 9.4 2 0 0
2017 8.9 4.4 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · WI · Milwaukee

585 Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 980 employers in Milwaukee, WI · 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 NORCO METAL FINISHING, INC. 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arlington Plating Company 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Commercial Electro Plating 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main Plant 9.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fergusons Minnesota Harvest LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Minocqua Service Center 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Janesville Headquarters 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Berlin Office 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center 7,587 FTE
CITY-NEAR FROEDTERT HOSPITAL 7,328 FTE
CITY-NEAR Milwaukee Hospital 3,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR Childrens Hospital - Milw Campus 2,851 FTE
NAT-TCR Frank Bevins Painting 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hy-Tech Mushroom Compost, Inc. 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 2202 Everett Truss 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Powerback Brightwood 9.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bodycote Thermal Processing, inc - Rochester 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Abington 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE DG Canton 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE DG Woodhaven 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: 2019, 2017. 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.