Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis · Colorado

Powder Coating Specialties, Inc.

Golden, CO · ~24 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Powder Coating Specialties, Inc. runs at 247% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis workplace, earning a grade F.

Powder Coating Specialties, Inc.: 8.2 TCR = 247% of Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Powder Coating Specialties, Inc. safety composite

Powder Coating Specialties, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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).

F

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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

−14.1

2021→2024

Powder Coating Specialties, Inc. injury rate improved

Powder Coating Specialties, Inc.'s TCR fell 14.1 from 19.1 in 2021 to 5.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 19.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=19.1 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=5.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332117 · Golden, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 247% of ind

  • DART 5.0 DART
  • RANK P7
  • PHOTO PM Engineered Soluti…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PM Engineered Solutions, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Powder Coating Specialties, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Powder Coating Specialties, Inc. averages 8.2 TCR (247% of the Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Powder Coating Specialties, Inc. TCR series: 2021=19.1 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=5 · BLS 3.3

Where Powder Coating Specialties, Inc. falls in its industry

151 Powder metallurgy products man establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Powder Coating Specialties, Inc. (24 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 88 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Powder Coating Specialties, Inc.
Powder Coating Specialties, Inc. (24 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 88 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Powder Coating Specialties, Inc. has fewer employees than the Powder metallurgy products manufactured median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 5.0 5.0 1 0 0
2023 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2022 4.4 4.4 1 0 0
2021 19.1 19.1 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332117 · CO · Golden

151 Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 134 employers in Golden, CO · 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 PM Engineered Solutions, Inc. 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR SMC Powder Metallurgy, Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR GKN Sinter Metals- Manitowoc 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Embassy Powdered Metals, Inc. 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fort Morgan Division 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE NGL WATER SOLUTIONS, LLC-C9 GROVER 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1555 BLAKE SUITE 400 DENVER CO 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1200 11th Ave Greeley CO 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR MillerCoors Golden Brewery 965 FTE
CITY-NEAR Golden Brewery 927 FTE
CITY-NEAR CoorsTek Inc. CCVP Facility 404 FTE
CITY-NEAR Clear Creek Valley Plant 398 FTE
NAT-TCR WCS - Prospect Park Zoo 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Mid-West Mfg. LLC - Chicago Heights Plant 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - DJZ5 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Klover SEPA Inc. (SEPA Division) 8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mesquite Concrete - Falls city 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dutch Barn Builders 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE TBJ Incorporated 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE NMS003 24 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.