Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade · Tennessee

Norco Metal Finishing, Inc.

Knoxville, TN · ~20 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Norco Metal Finishing, Inc. runs at 279% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade workplace, earning a grade F.

Norco Metal Finishing, Inc.: 9.2 TCR = 279% of Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Norco Metal Finishing, Inc. safety composite

Norco Metal Finishing, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).

D

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

−4.9

2020→2024

Norco Metal Finishing, Inc. injury rate improved

Norco Metal Finishing, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.9 from 4.9 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 52.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.9 · 2021=27.5 · 2022=52.3 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.2 · 279% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/10
  • PHOTO Arlington Plating Co…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Arlington Plating Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Norco Metal Finishing, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Norco Metal Finishing, Inc. averages 9.2 TCR (279% 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

Norco Metal Finishing, Inc. TCR series: 2020=4.9 · 2021=27.5 · 2022=52.3 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Norco Metal Finishing, Inc. falls in its industry

585 Electroplating metals and form establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 10 Electroplating metals and form employers in Tennessee.

Norco Metal Finishing, Inc. (20 employees, TCR 9.2) 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 Norco Metal Finishing, Inc.
Norco Metal Finishing, Inc. (20 employees, TCR 9.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Norco Metal Finishing, Inc. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2022 52.3 52.3 1 0 0
2021 27.5 18.3 6 0 0
2020 4.9 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · TN · Knoxville

585 Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 747 employers in Knoxville, TN · 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 Arlington Plating Company 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main Plant 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR KC Jones Plating 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hydro-Platers, Inc 9.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Machine Harvest 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbia DREMC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE CEMC-Gallatin 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cellular Sales Services Group LLC 6,387 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health System, Inc 5,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR Functional Pathways of TN LLC 2,258 FTE
CITY-NEAR HES Facilities Services K-12 2,157 FTE
NAT-TCR Metro Scrap Metals 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Gas Construction Livonia 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR JONDO LTD - Rocklin, CA 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Thermo King Midwest Inc 9.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Amistad Ranches 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE RT Nelson Co Inc 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Staybridge Suites Stow 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Digman Construction Co., LLC 20 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.