Plating metals and metal products for the trade · Connecticut

Modern Metal Finishing

Oxford, CT · ~46 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Modern Metal Finishing runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Plating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade B.

Modern Metal Finishing: 2.0 TCR = 60% of Plating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Modern Metal Finishing safety composite

Modern Metal Finishing scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

Modern Metal Finishing: 0.0 → 2.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 5.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.16× in 2024

Modern Metal Finishing's TCR rose 2.3 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 60% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #3/21
  • PHOTO Whimet Inc.
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Whimet Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Modern Metal Finishing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Modern Metal Finishing averages 2.0 TCR (60% 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

Modern Metal Finishing TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=5.8 · 2019=2 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Modern Metal Finishing falls in its industry

585 Plating metals and metal produ establishments

Safer than 76% 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 #3 safest of 21 Plating metals and metal produ employers in Connecticut.

Modern Metal Finishing (46 employees, TCR 2.0) 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 Modern Metal Finishing
Modern Metal Finishing (46 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Modern Metal Finishing has fewer employees than the Plating metals and metal products for th 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 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2020 3.9 3.9 2 0 0
2019 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2018 5.8 5.8 3 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · CT · Oxford

585 Plating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 28 employers in Oxford, 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 Whimet Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Perfection Finishers 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR TDF Metal Finishing /co., Inc 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR C&J Cladding 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Haynes Materials 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE NRG Middletown Power LLC 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Viking Construction, Inc. 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Network Interiors, Inc. 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR Oxford, CT #248 169 FTE
CITY-NEAR PTA Plastics Oxford 162 FTE
CITY-NEAR Oxford Fire Departments 128 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northeast STIHL 68 FTE
NAT-TCR Hobart 10218 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbia 10612 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR A.R. Wilfley & Sons Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR BION, inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dedicated Lancaster 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Westland 10226 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Philadelphia 10145 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wilton Manors 10073 46 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.