Plating metals and metal products for the trade · Indiana

KC Jones Plating - Indiana

Columbia City, IN · ~62 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KC Jones Plating - Indiana runs at 273% 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 - Indiana: 9.0 TCR = 273% of Plating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KC Jones Plating - Indiana safety composite

KC Jones Plating - Indiana scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

−3.8

2018→2019

KC Jones Plating - Indiana injury rate improved

KC Jones Plating - Indiana's TCR fell 3.8 from 10.9 in 2018 to 7.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 10.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=10.9 · 2019=7.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 9.0 · 273% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #28/30
  • PHOTO Union City
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Union City (0.0 TCR gap)

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KC Jones Plating - Indiana in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KC Jones Plating - Indiana averages 9.0 TCR (273% 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 - Indiana TCR series: 2018=10.9 · 2019=7.1 · BLS 3.3

Where KC Jones Plating - Indiana falls in its industry

585 Plating metals and metal produ establishments

Safer than 11% 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 #28 safest of 30 Plating metals and metal produ employers in Indiana.

KC Jones Plating - Indiana (62 employees, TCR 9.0) 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 - Indiana
KC Jones Plating - Indiana (62 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

KC Jones Plating - Indiana 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
2019 7.1 5.3 4 0 0
2018 10.9 9.4 6 1 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 Union City 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Commercial Electro Plating 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Westside Finishing Company Inc 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vanguard Research Industries 8.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corteva Windfall 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE TCCo-IND 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Construction Solutions Group 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE James H Drew Corporation - Indiana 62 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 768 Town & Country Industries 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 349 ABC Supply Co., Inc 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Panel Built, Inc 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Galloway 9.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Re-Source Industries Getty Street 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE 812 Town & Country Industries 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE 465 ABC Supply Co., Inc 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Westland Orchids 62 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, 2018. 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.