Plating metals and metal products for the trade · Michigan

Tawas Plating Company

Name: Tawas Plating Company Workplace Safety Data
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Tawas City, MI · ~33 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Tawas Plating Company runs at 206% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade F.

Tawas Plating Company: 6.8 TCR = 206% of Plating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tawas Plating Company safety composite

Tawas Plating Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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).

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

Tawas Plating Company: 2.8 → 10.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 10.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.51× in 2024

Tawas Plating Company's TCR rose 7.6 from 2.8 in 2018 to 10.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Tawas City, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 206% of ind

DART 3.5 DART
RANK #36/48
PHOTO Techno Coatings, Inc.
BOOK 4y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Techno Coatings, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.8
Techno Coating

6.8
Fintex, LLC

6.8
Elm Plating Co

6.8
Hohman Plating

6.8

What this shows Tawas Plating Company averages 6.8 TCR (206% of the Plating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

Tawas Plating Company TCR series: 2018=2.8 · 2019=7.6 · 2023=6.3 · 2024=10.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Tawas Plating Company falls in its industry

585 Plating metals and metal produ establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 48 Plating metals and metal produ employers in Michigan.

Tawas Plating Company (33 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Tawas Plating Company has fewer employees than the Plating metals and metal products for th median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2024	10.4	3.5	3	0
2023	6.3	6.3	2	0
2019	7.6	5.0	2	1
2018	2.8	2.8	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · MI · Tawas City

585 Plating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 12 employers in Tawas City, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Techno Coatings, Inc.	NORTH MIAMI, FL	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fintex, LLC	ROMULUS, MI	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Elm Plating Company	JACKSON, MI	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hohman Plating and Manufacturing LLC	DAYTON, OH	6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	PRH GROUP LLC	SAGINAW	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Three Rivers Svc Ctr	THREE RIVERS	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Alpena Power Company	ALPENA	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Water Treatment City of Wyoming	HOLLAND	33 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 5376	Tawas City	287 FTE
CITY-NEAR	5376	Tawas City	253 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1855-MITAW1	Tawas City	191 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Iosco Medical Care Facility	Tawas City	118 FTE
NAT-TCR	Rosborough Partners Inc.	Libertyville, IL	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Geomet Recycling LLC	Garland, TX	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	World Equestrian Center Ocala	Ocala, FL	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bret Achtenhagen's Seasonal Services	Mukwonago, WI	6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Sheraton Chicago Northbrook	Northbrook, IL	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Exegistics Dallas	Dallas, TX	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Symphony at Olmstead Falls	Olmstead Falls, OH	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Wayne	Wayne, NJ	33 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, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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