Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing · Tennessee

Surface Koatings

Portland, TN · ~37 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Surface Koatings runs at 150% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Surface Koatings: 4.9 TCR = 150% of Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Surface Koatings safety composite

Surface Koatings scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−2.3

2021→2024

Surface Koatings injury rate improved

Surface Koatings's TCR fell 2.3 from 2.3 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 17.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=2.3 · 2022=17.5 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Portland, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 150% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/10
  • PHOTO Louisville Stain
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Louisville Stain (0.0 TCR gap)

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Surface Koatings in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Surface Koatings averages 4.9 TCR (150% of the Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Surface Koatings TCR series: 2021=2.3 · 2022=17.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Surface Koatings falls in its industry

530 Architectural coatings (i.e., establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 10 Architectural coatings (i.e., employers in Tennessee.

Surface Koatings (37 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Surface Koatings
Surface Koatings (37 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Surface Koatings has fewer employees than the Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) man median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 17.5 17.5 4 0 0
2021 2.3 2.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · TN · Portland

530 Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 64 employers in Portland, TN · 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 Louisville Stain 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ICP BSG APF Phoenix 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Torginol, Inc 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR APT - Advanced Polymer Technology Corporation 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Shelbyville Hatchery 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dyersburg Electric System 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corp 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE RFW CONSTRUCTION GROUP 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR 88050 1,225 FTE
CITY-NEAR ALL 1,103 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shoals Technologies Group LLC - Plant 1 825 FTE
CITY-NEAR UNIPRES USA INC 502 FTE
NAT-TCR Lutheran Child and Family Services - Joliet 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Monroe Commissary 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Legacy Wendy's-123 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Renovations Delivered LLC 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE General Atomics - Hunstville - AHA02 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cornerstone Custom Construction 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE R&S Construction Management Inc. 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE LiquiTech, Inc. 37 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.

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

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