Plating metals and metal products for the trade · Indiana

Pioneer Metal Finishing South Bend

South Bend, IN · ~37 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pioneer Metal Finishing South Bend runs at 141% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Pioneer Metal Finishing South Bend: 4.6 TCR = 141% of Plating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pioneer Metal Finishing South Bend safety composite

Pioneer Metal Finishing South Bend scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

−0.6

2016→2021

Pioneer Metal Finishing South Bend injury rate improved

Pioneer Metal Finishing South Bend's TCR fell 0.6 from 3.8 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.8 · 2017=10.2 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · South Bend, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 141% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #16/30
  • PHOTO Custom Manufacturing…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Custom Manufacturing & Polishing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pioneer Metal Finishing South Bend in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pioneer Metal Finishing South Bend averages 4.6 TCR (141% 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

Pioneer Metal Finishing South Bend TCR series: 2016=3.8 · 2017=10.2 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Pioneer Metal Finishing South Bend falls in its industry

585 Plating metals and metal produ establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 30 Plating metals and metal produ employers in Indiana.

Pioneer Metal Finishing South Bend (37 employees, TCR 4.6) 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 Pioneer Metal Finishing South Bend
Pioneer Metal Finishing South Bend (37 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Pioneer Metal Finishing South Bend has fewer employees than the Plating metals and metal products for th 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
2021 3.2 3.2 1 0 0
2020 3.5 3.5 1 0 0
2019 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2017 10.2 2.6 4 0 0
2016 3.8 3.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · IN · South Bend

585 Plating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 318 employers in South Bend, IN · 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 Custom Manufacturing & Polishing 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Materion - Albuquerque (Mesa del Sol) 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Allegheny Surface Technology 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Monarch Metal Finishing Railroad Ave 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Utopian Plants Indiana, LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cokenergy 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE CORE Construction Indiana, LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1038 - BELFOR Indianapolis IN 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memorial Hospital South Bend 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Joseph County 1,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fourwinds Casino South Bend 1,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR Honeywell IN08 810 FTE
NAT-TCR NORTH 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Chesterfield 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Warm Springs Indian Head Casino 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Midwest Medical Transport Company - Kansas City Station 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Phoenix Manufacturing-Glasgow 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE US Zinc Houston Dust Plant 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Accurate Corporate Services 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Factory 37 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.