Aluminum coating of metal products for the trade · Illinois
Surface Solutions Group, LLC
Chicago, IL · ~79 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Surface Solutions Group, LLC runs at 103% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Aluminum coating of metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade C.
Surface Solutions Group, LLC: 3.4 TCR = 103% of Aluminum coating of metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Surface Solutions Group, LLC safety composite
Surface Solutions Group, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 58% 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).
55/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.41 per 100 workers
Safer than 56% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 58% 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
Surface Solutions Group, LLC: 3.1 → 6.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.26× in 2024
Surface Solutions Group, LLC's TCR rose 3.0 from 3.1 in 2018 to 6.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332812 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 103% of ind
- DART 0.9 DART
- RANK #18/41
- PHOTO Raphael Industries I…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 20 inj
- SIZE ~79 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Raphael Industries Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Surface Solutions Group, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Surface Solutions Group, LLC
3.4 TCR
- Raphael Indust
Raphael Industries Inc.
3.4 TCR
- Hopkinsville,
Hopkinsville, KY - MK Plant 2
3.4 TCR
- Sun Plastic Co
Sun Plastic Coating Co Dba Sun Coating Company
3.4 TCR
- Sabre Galvaniz
Sabre Galvanizing Services
3.4 TCR
What this shows Surface Solutions Group, LLC averages 3.4 TCR (103% of the Aluminum coating of metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).
Surface Solutions Group, LLC TCR series: 2018=3.1 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=6.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Surface Solutions Group, LLC falls in its industry
646 Aluminum coating of metal prod establishmentsSafer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 41 Aluminum coating of metal prod employers in Illinois.
Surface Solutions Group, LLC has more employees than the Aluminum coating of metal products for t 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 | 6.1 | 0.9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.9 | 1.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332812 · IL · Chicago
646 Aluminum coating of metal 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 | Raphael Industries Inc. | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hopkinsville, KY - MK Plant 2 | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sun Plastic Coating Co Dba Sun Coating Company | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sabre Galvanizing Services | 3.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | NG Crestwood Reporting Center | 79 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Woodmark ,LLC | 79 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Calumet City Plumbing Company and Heating | 79 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Village of Niles Public Works | 79 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 | Bell Nursery - Montpelier | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | FLP002 | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pueblo, CO | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TEAM Industries Bagley | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Todd Wenzel Chevrolet | 79 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Culpepper Garden | 79 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Morrilton Packing Company, Inc | 79 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | EVGV | 79 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.