Buffing metals and metal products for the trade · Pennsylvania

Polishing Shop

Harrisburg, PA · ~40 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Polishing Shop runs at 251% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Buffing metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade F.

Polishing Shop: 8.3 TCR = 251% of Buffing metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Polishing Shop safety composite

Polishing Shop scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−102.7

2018→2023

Polishing Shop injury rate improved

Polishing Shop's TCR fell 102.7 from 102.7 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 102.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=102.7 · 2019=19.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=7.5 · 2022=14.9 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Harrisburg, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.3 · 251% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #19/27
  • PHOTO Lake City Plating - …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lake City Plating - Jefferson (0.0 TCR gap)

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Polishing Shop in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Polishing Shop averages 8.3 TCR (251% of the Buffing 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

Polishing Shop TCR series: 2018=102.7 · 2019=19 · 2020=0 · 2021=7.5 · 2022=14.9 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Polishing Shop falls in its industry

585 Buffing metals and metal produ establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 27 Buffing metals and metal produ employers in Pennsylvania.

Polishing Shop (40 employees, TCR 8.3) 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 Polishing Shop
Polishing Shop (40 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Polishing Shop has fewer employees than the Buffing 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 14.9 14.9 2 0 0
2021 7.5 7.5 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 19.0 0.0 7 0 0
2018 102.7 34.2 1 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · PA · Harrisburg

585 Buffing metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 362 employers in Harrisburg, PA · 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 Lake City Plating - Jefferson 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dewayne's Quality Metal Coatings 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jenco Plating Inc. 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arrow Cryogenics, Inc. 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE CNB Mushroom, LLC 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE ASA Mushroom LLC 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Conard-Pyle Co. 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coastal Greenhouses, LLC -PA 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals 4,843 FTE
CITY-NEAR PHS/HARRISBURG HOSPITAL 2,703 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pinnacle Health Medical Services 2,426 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Pinnacle 2,311 FTE
NAT-TCR Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Central VA Transit Management Company Inc. 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Hawley Street Shop (Location) 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Production Engineering Corporation 8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE DATTCO - Durham 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE DATTCO - Bloomfield 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lafayette County Enterprises Inc 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hayden Homes LLC - WA 40 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.