Powder coatings manufacturing · Oklahoma

IFS Coatings Ardmore

Ardmore, OK · ~42 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

IFS Coatings Ardmore runs at 259% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Powder coatings manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

IFS Coatings Ardmore: 8.5 TCR = 259% of Powder coatings manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

IFS Coatings Ardmore safety composite

IFS Coatings Ardmore scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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 8.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

−8.8

2022→2024

IFS Coatings Ardmore injury rate improved

IFS Coatings Ardmore's TCR fell 8.8 from 15.2 in 2022 to 6.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 15.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=15.2 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=6.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Ardmore, OK ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.5 · 259% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #7/8
  • PHOTO Thermal Spray Techno…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Thermal Spray Technologies, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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IFS Coatings Ardmore in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows IFS Coatings Ardmore averages 8.5 TCR (259% of the Powder coatings manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

IFS Coatings Ardmore TCR series: 2022=15.2 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 3.3

Where IFS Coatings Ardmore falls in its industry

530 Powder coatings manufacturing establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oklahoma alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 8 Powder coatings manufacturing employers in Oklahoma.

IFS Coatings Ardmore (42 employees, TCR 8.5) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate IFS Coatings Ardmore
IFS Coatings Ardmore (42 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

IFS Coatings Ardmore has fewer employees than the Powder 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 6.3 3.2 4 0 0
2023 4.1 2.1 2 0 0
2022 15.2 10.1 2 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · OK · Ardmore

530 Powder coatings manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,320 rated employers in Oklahoma with headcount on file · 79 employers in Ardmore, OK · 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 Thermal Spray Technologies, Inc. 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ChromaScape Kentucky 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR USA IL Chicago Exchange Plant 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Architectural & Industrial Metal Finishing Co., LLC 8.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Miller Pecan Company, LLX 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Redbud Power Plant 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Traverse Energy Center 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE SGS LLC 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Michelin-US9 Ardmore 1,587 FTE
CITY-NEAR MERCY HOSPITAL ARDMORE 909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ardmore, DC 823 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 129 438 FTE
NAT-TCR Ascension At Home Evansville 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Revel Transit 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR The Maine Painting Company 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sandstone of Tucson Rehab Center 8.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE DuPont Salisbury 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amick Farms, LLC MS Feedmill 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bell Cow/MSC 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Williamston 42 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.