Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade · Massachusetts

Independent Plating

Name: Independent Plating Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Worcester, MA · ~40 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Independent Plating runs at 188% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Independent Plating: 6.2 TCR = 188% of Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Independent Plating safety composite

Independent Plating scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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).

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

Independent Plating: 0.0 → 2.6 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 14.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2021

Independent Plating's TCR rose 2.6 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 14.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Worcester, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 188% of ind

DART 2.6 DART
RANK #20/26
PHOTO Eastern Plating, LLC
BOOK 6y book
INJ 14 inj
SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Eastern Plating, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.2
Eastern Platin

6.2
Voss Clark

6.2
Indianhead Pla

6.2
Franke Plating

6.1

What this shows Independent Plating averages 6.2 TCR (188% of the Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS benchmark).

Independent Plating TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=6.5 · 2018=14.9 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=8.6 · 2021=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Independent Plating falls in its industry

585 Electroplating metals and form establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 26 Electroplating metals and form employers in Massachusetts.

Independent Plating (40 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Independent Plating has fewer employees than the Electroplating metals and formed product 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
2021	2.6	2.6	1	0
2020	8.6	8.6	3	0
2019	4.6	2.3	2	0
2018	14.9	12.7	6	1
2017	6.5	6.5	2	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · MA · Worcester

585 Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 248 employers in Worcester, MA · 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	Eastern Plating, LLC	NEWPORT, TN	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Voss Clark	JEFFERSONVILLE, IN	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Indianhead Plating Inc.	CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Franke Plating Works	FORT WAYNE, IN	6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Eversource - Hyde Park Gas	HYDE PARK	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Springfield, MA	AGAWAM	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dacon Corporation	NATICK	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Herzog Contracting Corp. - GLX Constructors	SOMERVILLE	40 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UMass Memorial Health	Worcester	12,452 FTE
CITY-NEAR	4701-813	Worcester	2,492 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St Vincent hospital	Worcester	1,965 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NBC Distributors Inc	Worcester	1,276 FTE
NAT-TCR	Bickford of Gurnee	Gurnee, IL	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Community Coffee - Jackson Sales	Richland, MS	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sage Rehabilitation Hospital	Baton Rouge, LA	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Courtyards Assisted Living	Odessa, TX	6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Mutual Distributing Company - Wilmington	Wilmington, NC	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Door Frame Hardware Company, LLC	Dallas, TX	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Senior Life York	York, PA	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	REACH- Festival Park	Chester, VA	40 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.