Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade · Illinois

Precision Plating Co., Inc.

Chicago, IL · ~140 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Precision Plating Co., Inc. runs at 169% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Precision Plating Co., Inc.: 5.6 TCR = 169% of Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Precision Plating Co., Inc. safety composite

Precision Plating Co., Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Precision Plating Co., Inc.: 6.6 → 7.1 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 7.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.76× in 2023

Precision Plating Co., Inc.'s TCR rose 0.5 from 6.6 in 2016 to 7.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 169% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #24/37
  • PHOTO Danco Metal Surfacing
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 59 inj
  • SIZE ~140 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Danco Metal Surfacing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Precision Plating Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Precision Plating Co., Inc. averages 5.6 TCR (169% of the Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Precision Plating Co., Inc. TCR series: 2016=6.6 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=7.9 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=6.4 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=7.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Precision Plating Co., Inc. falls in its industry

585 Electroplating metals and form establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 37 Electroplating metals and form employers in Illinois.

Precision Plating Co., Inc. (140 employees, TCR 5.6) 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 Precision Plating Co., Inc.
Precision Plating Co., Inc. (140 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Precision Plating Co., Inc. has more employees than the Electroplating metals and formed product 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 7.1 4.3 10 0 0
2022 7.3 4.1 9 0 0
2021 6.4 4.2 6 3 0
2020 3.2 0.8 4 0 0
2019 2.6 1.9 4 0 0
2018 7.9 6.1 12 1 0
2017 3.6 1.8 5 1 0
2016 6.6 2.6 9 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · IL · Chicago

585 Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, IL · 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 Danco Metal Surfacing 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Har-Conn Chrome Company 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ATI Aviation Services, LLC. 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Muncie 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE LEM Decatur 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mt Carmel Stabilization Group, Inc. 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE A Lamp Concrete Contractors 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE FE Moran Fire Protection Northern Illinois 140 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR International World Foods 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR The Gilbert Company Colton #2 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR McKee Foods Transportation - AZ 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Operations Building 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2nd Wind Exercise Equipment Inc 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE Windsor Place Health Care Center Ltd. Co. d/b/a Windsor Gardens 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lakepoint Wichita 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unit 566 140 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, 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.