Coating metals and metal products for the trade · Michigan
Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Lake Orion, MI
Lake Orion, MI · ~62 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Lake Orion, MI runs at 17% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Coating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade A.
Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Lake Orion, MI: 0.6 TCR = 17% of Coating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Lake Orion, MI safety composite
Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Lake Orion, MI scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% 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).
80/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 96% 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 - Lake Orion, MI held a steady TCR band
Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Lake Orion, MI's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=0.0 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332812 · Lake Orion, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 17% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #1/47
- PHOTO Praxair Surface Tech…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~62 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Praxair Surface Technologies Inc. (Thermal Spray) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Lake Orion, MI in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Lake Orion, MI
0.6 TCR
- Praxair Surfac
Praxair Surface Technologies Inc. (Thermal Spray)
0.6 TCR
- BlueScope Coat
BlueScope Coated Products / Metal Coaters
0.6 TCR
- AZZ Galvanizin
AZZ Galvanizing - Dixon
0.6 TCR
- Pratt & Whitne
Pratt & Whitney Automation
0.6 TCR
What this shows Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Lake Orion, MI averages 0.6 TCR (17% of the Coating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).
Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Lake Orion, MI TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3
Where Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Lake Orion, MI falls in its industry
646 Coating metals and metal produ establishmentsSafer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 47 Coating metals and metal produ employers in Michigan.
Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Lake Orion, MI has more employees than the Coating metals and metal products for th 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 | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332812 · MI · Lake Orion
646 Coating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 37 employers in Lake Orion, MI · 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 | Praxair Surface Technologies Inc. (Thermal Spray) | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BlueScope Coated Products / Metal Coaters | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | AZZ Galvanizing - Dixon | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pratt & Whitney Automation | 0.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Riveridge Land Company | 62 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Marshall | 62 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority - Administration & Wastewater Operations | 62 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lombardo Homes of St Louis | 62 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Orion Assembly | 1,071 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6458-ZPON | 377 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kay Automotive Graphics | 328 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Complete Automation | 236 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Tahlequah Lumber Company, Inc | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | National Church Residences | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | D.P. Electric Inc. | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | BizLink Technology, Inc. | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Amherst, NY | 62 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Diamond Construction Company | 62 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MGM Contracting Inc. | 62 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | nexAir Okeechobee Plant | 62 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.