Pickling metals and metal products for the trade · Connecticut

Metal Improvement LLC DBA Curtiss Wright Surface Tech

East Windsor, CT · ~68 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metal Improvement LLC DBA Curtiss Wright Surface Tech runs at 32% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pickling metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade A.

Metal Improvement LLC DBA Curtiss Wright Surface Tech: 1.0 TCR = 32% of Pickling metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metal Improvement LLC DBA Curtiss Wright Surface Tech safety composite

Metal Improvement LLC DBA Curtiss Wright Surface Tech scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% 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

−2.6

2016→2024

Metal Improvement LLC DBA Curtiss Wright Surface Tech injury rate improved

Metal Improvement LLC DBA Curtiss Wright Surface Tech's TCR fell 2.6 from 3.9 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.9 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=1.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · East Windsor, CT AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 32% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/21
  • PHOTO Pioneer Metal Finish…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pioneer Metal Finishing Tualatin Oregon (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metal Improvement LLC DBA Curtiss Wright Surface Tech in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metal Improvement LLC DBA Curtiss Wright Surface Tech averages 1.0 TCR (32% of the Pickling 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

Metal Improvement LLC DBA Curtiss Wright Surface Tech TCR series: 2016=3.9 · 2017=0 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=0 · 2020=1.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Metal Improvement LLC DBA Curtiss Wright Surface Tech falls in its industry

585 Pickling metals and metal prod establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 21 Pickling metals and metal prod employers in Connecticut.

Metal Improvement LLC DBA Curtiss Wright Surface Tech (68 employees, TCR 1.0) 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 Metal Improvement LLC DBA Curtiss Wright Surface Tech
Metal Improvement LLC DBA Curtiss Wright Surface Tech (68 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Metal Improvement LLC DBA Curtiss Wright Surface Tech has more employees than the Pickling metals and metal products for t median and a lower 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 1.3 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 3.9 1.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · CT · East Windsor

585 Pickling metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 43 employers in East Windsor, CT · 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 Pioneer Metal Finishing Tualatin Oregon 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Embee Processing 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Houston Plating Company - South Houston 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oak Mitsui Camden 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pat Munger Construction Co. Inc. 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mizzy Construction, Inc. 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Earthlight Technologies LLC 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Industrial Palllet LLC 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aslpundh Tree Expert LLC-46 618 FTE
CITY-NEAR Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC- 046 512 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2282 393 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2282 369 FTE
NAT-TCR Industrial Division 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Saddle Brook 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Crown Equipment Corporation Troy 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Westland 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Shillington Store 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vero Beach 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE GL 7111 USS Arizona 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Park Store 68 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, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.