Powder coating metals and metal products for the trade · New Jersey

Superior Powder Coating Inc.

Elizabeth, NJ · ~140 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Superior Powder Coating Inc. runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Powder coating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade B.

Superior Powder Coating Inc.: 2.0 TCR = 60% of Powder coating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Superior Powder Coating Inc. safety composite

Superior Powder Coating Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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

−0.9

2021→2024

Superior Powder Coating Inc. injury rate improved

Superior Powder Coating Inc.'s TCR fell 0.9 from 2.4 in 2021 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=2.4 · 2024=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332812 · Elizabeth, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 60% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #1/9
  • PHOTO Rack Processing Mich…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~140 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rack Processing Michigan (0.0 TCR gap)

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Superior Powder Coating Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Superior Powder Coating Inc. averages 2.0 TCR (60% of the Powder 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

Superior Powder Coating Inc. TCR series: 2021=2.4 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Superior Powder Coating Inc. falls in its industry

646 Powder coating metals and meta establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 9 Powder coating metals and meta employers in New Jersey.

Superior Powder Coating Inc. (140 employees, TCR 2.0) 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 Superior Powder Coating Inc.
Superior Powder Coating Inc. (140 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Superior Powder Coating Inc. has more employees than the Powder coating metals and metal products 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 1.5 1.5 3 0 0
2021 2.4 2.4 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332812 · NJ · Elizabeth

646 Powder coating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 145 employers in Elizabeth, NJ · 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 Rack Processing Michigan 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Reynolds 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Linde 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR GARTNER COATINGS INC. 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Plant 02 - SH 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE Orora Visual New Jersey 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE Robertet Frangrances 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE Contract Filling Inc 140 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DEW2 2,770 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trinitas Regional Medical Center 2,376 FTE
CITY-NEAR APM Terminals 1,389 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maher Berth 64 1,041 FTE
NAT-TCR Heubel Material Handling, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Dixon Valve and Coupling Co. BOSS Division 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Midland Ford Lincoln, Inc 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Siri and Son Farms 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Capitol City Electric 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gilleland Chevrolet Cadillac, Inc. 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE Otterbein Portage Valley 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE Anchor Packaging Marmaduke 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: 2024, 2021. 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.