Coating metals and metal products for the trade · Indiana

Schafer Powder Coating

Whitestown, IN · ~69 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Schafer Powder Coating runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Coating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade A.

Schafer Powder Coating: 1.3 TCR = 38% of Coating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Schafer Powder Coating safety composite

Schafer Powder Coating scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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%).

Schafer Powder Coating held a steady TCR band

Schafer Powder Coating's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.1 in 2023 to 1.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=1.1 · 2024=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332812 · Whitestown, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 38% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/32
  • PHOTO Howmet - Branford
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Howmet - Branford (0.0 TCR gap)

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Schafer Powder Coating in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Schafer Powder Coating averages 1.3 TCR (38% of the Coating 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

Schafer Powder Coating TCR series: 2023=1.1 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Schafer Powder Coating falls in its industry

646 Coating metals and metal produ establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 32 Coating metals and metal produ employers in Indiana.

Schafer Powder Coating (69 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Schafer Powder Coating
Schafer Powder Coating (69 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Schafer Powder Coating 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 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2023 1.1 1.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332812 · IN · Whitestown

646 Coating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 63 employers in Whitestown, 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 Howmet - Branford 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fotofab 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR CPS Houston 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR LBFoster Protective Coatings Birmingham 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Vectren Corporation - Vectren Technology Acceleration Center 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kennedy Tank & Manufacturing Co., Inc. Field Division 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coil Processors LLC 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Henry C. Smither Roofing Co., Inc. 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : IND1 2,922 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - IND1 2,502 FTE
CITY-NEAR Express Scripts Pharmacy, Inc. Whitestown, IN 982 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2272-22720275 953 FTE
NAT-TCR West Fraser Inc 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Carrier Commercial Services (Tampa) 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Steely Lumber Co. Inc 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Jack Brown Produce, Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bigane Paving Co. 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gemini Bakery Equipment Company 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Howard Air 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mathews Associates Inc 69 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.