Aluminum coating of metal products for the trade · Ohio

Mid West Coatings

Name: Mid West Coatings Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lancaster, OH · ~41 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Mid West Coatings runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Aluminum coating of metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Mid West Coatings: 4.3 TCR = 129% of Aluminum coating of metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mid West Coatings safety composite

Mid West Coatings scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

Mid West Coatings: 3.2 → 8.8 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 8.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.04× in 2023

Mid West Coatings's TCR rose 5.6 from 3.2 in 2018 to 8.8 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332812 · Lancaster, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 129% of ind

DART 4.4 DART
RANK #33/52
PHOTO Electro Chemical Man…
BOOK 6y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Electro Chemical Manufacturing LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Mid West Coatings averages 4.3 TCR (129% of the Aluminum coating of metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

Mid West Coatings TCR series: 2018=3.2 · 2019=0 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=4.1 · 2022=6.2 · 2023=8.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Mid West Coatings falls in its industry

646 Aluminum coating of metal prod establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 52 Aluminum coating of metal prod employers in Ohio.

Mid West Coatings (41 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Mid West Coatings has fewer employees than the Aluminum coating of metal products for t median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2023	8.8	4.4	4
2022	6.2	4.2	3
2021	4.1	2.0	2
2020	3.2	3.2	1
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	3.2	3.2	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332812 · OH · Lancaster

646 Aluminum coating of metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 96 employers in Lancaster, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Electro Chemical Manufacturing LLC	EMMAUS, PA	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DATCO Mfg. LLC	BOARDMAN, OH	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Arlington - PC	ARLINGTON, TN	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	AZZ Galvanizing - Chelsea	CHELSEA, OK	4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Great Lakes Growers LLC	BURTON	41 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hoover Gardens & Gifts	WESTERVILLE	41 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Loadout Building	FORT RECOVERY	41 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Harrison Hub FRAC	SCIO	41 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fairfield Medical Center	Lancaster	2,049 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Anchor Hocking Plant 1	Lancaster	701 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Anchor Hocking	Lancaster	688 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Treehouse Foods, Lancaster OH	Lancaster	329 FTE
NAT-TCR	1113 Abington Heights School District	Clarks Summit, PA	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	A-1 Express Trucking, LLC	Bloomer, WI	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Service Machine	Dothan, AL	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	8807780-Urban Outfitters	Gap, PA	4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Miami Packaged Gas Plant	Miami, FL	41 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Metro Fuel	Ridgefield, MA	41 FTE
NAT-SIZE	50071 Capstone - Unfi Atlanta Ga	Atlanta, GA	41 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Groveland Tap	Saint Paul, MN	41 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.