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
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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).

C

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

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).

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

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 establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

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 (79 employees, TCR 3.4) 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 Surface Solutions Group, LLC
Surface Solutions Group, LLC (79 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

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 →

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, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.