Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade · Pennsylvania

Klein Plating Works

Erie, PA · ~43 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Klein Plating Works runs at 154% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Klein Plating Works: 5.1 TCR = 154% of Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Klein Plating Works safety composite

Klein Plating Works scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

Klein Plating Works: 0.0 → 6.6 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 9.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.3× in 2024

Klein Plating Works's TCR rose 6.6 from 0.0 in 2017 to 6.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 9.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Erie, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 154% of ind

  • DART 6.6 DART
  • RANK #15/27
  • PHOTO Avtec Finishing Syst…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Avtec Finishing Systems, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Klein Plating Works in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Klein Plating Works averages 5.1 TCR (154% of the Anodizing 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

Klein Plating Works TCR series: 2017=0 · 2019=9.4 · 2020=7 · 2021=2.4 · 2024=6.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Klein Plating Works falls in its industry

585 Anodizing metals and metal pro establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 27 Anodizing metals and metal pro employers in Pennsylvania.

Klein Plating Works (43 employees, TCR 5.1) 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 Klein Plating Works
Klein Plating Works (43 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Klein Plating Works has fewer employees than the Anodizing metals and metal products for 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
2024 6.6 6.6 3 0 0
2021 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2020 7.0 7.0 3 0 0
2019 9.4 7.0 2 2 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · PA · Erie

585 Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 473 employers in Erie, PA · 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 Avtec Finishing Systems, Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR NIA, LLC. 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR nVent (ERICO International Corporation) - EAN 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elkhart Plating 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Farm Fresh Egg Products (FFEP) 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Panda Hummel Station, LLC 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE 435-NiSource-New Castle PA 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Builders Inc 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain : Erie, PA 5,403 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Hamot 2,675 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wabtec-Erie 2,141 FTE
CITY-NEAR SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL 2,135 FTE
NAT-TCR UCEMC Livingston 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Frey-Moss Structures Inc 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Anaheim CA FXFE-ANH 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Belmont NH FXFE-BNH 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Travelodge - Belen 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jefferson Rail Port Terminal 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tri-State Electric Membership Corp. 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hills-Beaver Creek ISD 671 High School 43 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, 2021, 2020, 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.