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Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Amherst MUS

Name: Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Amherst MUS Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Amherst, NY · ~23 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Amherst MUS runs at 24% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical physical vapor deposition coatings workplace, earning a grade A.

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Amherst MUS: 0.8 TCR = 24% of physical vapor deposition coatings BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Amherst MUS safety composite

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Amherst MUS scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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).

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% 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%).

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Amherst MUS held a steady TCR band

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Amherst MUS's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332812 · Amherst, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 24% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #3/19
PHOTO Tarjac H20 LLC
BOOK 5y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tarjac H20 LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Amherst MUS averages 0.8 TCR (24% of the physical vapor deposition coatings BLS benchmark).

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Amherst MUS TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Amherst MUS falls in its industry

646 physical vapor deposition coat establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 19 physical vapor deposition coat employers in New York.

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Amherst MUS (23 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Amherst MUS has fewer employees than the physical vapor deposition coatings median and a lower 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
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	3.9	3.9	1
2017	0.0	0.0	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332812 · NY · Amherst

646 physical vapor deposition coatings employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 112 employers in Amherst, NY · 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	Tarjac H20 LLC	WATERLOO, NY	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hydro Portland Coatings	PORTLAND, OR	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	AZZ Galvanizing - Jackson	RICHLAND, MS	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ternium USA	SHREVEPORT, LA	0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Singer Farms LLC	APPLETON	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sheland Farms LLC	ADAMS	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	McKnight's River Breeze Farm, LLC	CHASE MILLS	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Stein Farms LLC	LEROY	23 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Davis-Ulmer Sprinkler Company Inc	Amherst	909 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wegmans Alberta Dr 082	Amherst	570 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Alberta Drive	Amherst	564 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wegmans Niagara Falls 086	Amherst	452 FTE
NAT-TCR	Palmyra, PA - A435	Palmyra, PA	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Houston Englewood UP	Houston, TX	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ross store 782	Margate, FL	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Watermark Environmental Lowell, MA	Lowell, MA	0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	SFS Denver-283DEN	Denver, CO	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Big Lots Store #1425 SOUTHGATE, MI	Southgate, MI	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Big Lots Store #4347 SIMI VALLEY, CA	Simi Valley, CA	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	SFS Atlanta-265PDK	Atlanta, GA	23 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.