Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade · California

LCOA

Lake Forest, CA · ~16 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

LCOA runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

LCOA: 4.0 TCR = 121% of Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

LCOA safety composite

LCOA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 50%), 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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−5.3

2017→2021

LCOA injury rate improved

LCOA's TCR fell 5.3 from 5.3 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.3 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Lake Forest, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 121% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #35/74
  • PHOTO Barden Plater
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~16 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Barden Plater (0.0 TCR gap)

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LCOA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows LCOA averages 4.0 TCR (121% of the Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

LCOA TCR series: 2017=5.3 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where LCOA falls in its industry

585 Electroplating metals and form establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 74 Electroplating metals and form employers in California.

LCOA (16 employees, TCR 4.0) 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 LCOA
LCOA (16 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

LCOA 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 Fatalities
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 6.7 6.7 1 0 0
2017 5.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · CA · Lake Forest

585 Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 90 employers in Lake Forest, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Barden Plater 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orizon Aerostructures 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR AeroDynamics, LLC 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roy Metal Finishing Piedmont 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE CANAL RANCH FARMS, INC. 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE ESPINOZA FLC 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE RAM G LABOR CONTRACTING 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE VF - Santa Maria 16 FTE
CITY-NEAR Panasonic Avionics Corporation 2,047 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARB, Inc. 1,334 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spectrum Brands, Lake Forest 598 FTE
CITY-NEAR ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential, Inc., Lake Forest 594 FTE
NAT-TCR M & M Tool and Mold 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR DMC 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR OGB Architectural Millwork 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pt Angeles 4.0 TCR

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, 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.