Plating metals and metal products for the trade · Indiana

KC Jones Plating

Columbia City, IN · ~59 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KC Jones Plating runs at 288% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade F.

KC Jones Plating: 9.5 TCR = 288% of Plating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KC Jones Plating safety composite

KC Jones Plating scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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%).

TCR Δ

−7.9

2016→2020

KC Jones Plating injury rate improved

KC Jones Plating's TCR fell 7.9 from 13.4 in 2016 to 5.6 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.4 · 2020=5.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Columbia City, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.5 · 288% of ind

  • DART 5.6 DART
  • RANK #30/30
  • PHOTO Sumco Group LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sumco Group LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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KC Jones Plating in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KC Jones Plating averages 9.5 TCR (288% of the 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

KC Jones Plating TCR series: 2016=13.4 · 2020=5.6 · BLS 3.3

Where KC Jones Plating falls in its industry

585 Plating metals and metal produ establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 30 Plating metals and metal produ employers in Indiana.

KC Jones Plating (59 employees, TCR 9.5) 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 KC Jones Plating
KC Jones Plating (59 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

KC Jones Plating has more employees than the Plating metals and metal products for th 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
2020 5.6 5.6 1 2 0
2016 13.4 8.4 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · IN · Columbia City

585 Plating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 67 employers in Columbia City, IN · 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 Sumco Group LLC 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR DuraTech Processes, Inc. 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Whyco Finishing Technologies LLC 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SAF WEST 9.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bio Town Ag, Inc. 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spy Run Building 3 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Annex Group 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE JGBowers, Inc. 59 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Structural and Rail 944 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steel Dynamics Structural & Rail Division 802 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lear Corporation - Columbia City 529 FTE
CITY-NEAR Undersea Sensor Systems Inc 527 FTE
NAT-TCR Meisner Services 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Morningside of Godfrey 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR HG517 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Orange Park Medical Center 9.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Upland Point Corporation 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE R.E. Dye Manufacturing Corporation 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cooperativa Ahorro Y Credito Aguada 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2253-H4023 59 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: 2020, 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.