Laminating metals and metal formed products without fabricating · North Carolina

Turbocoating dba Lincotek Surface Solutions

Hickory, NC · ~86 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Turbocoating dba Lincotek Surface Solutions runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Laminating metals and metal formed products without fabricating workplace, earning a grade C.

Turbocoating dba Lincotek Surface Solutions: 3.7 TCR = 111% of Laminating metals and metal formed products without fabricating BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Turbocoating dba Lincotek Surface Solutions safety composite

Turbocoating dba Lincotek Surface Solutions scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

Turbocoating dba Lincotek Surface Solutions: 1.1 → 6.2 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 6.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.36× in 2020

Turbocoating dba Lincotek Surface Solutions's TCR rose 5.2 from 1.1 in 2019 to 6.2 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Hickory, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 111% of ind

  • DART 5.0 DART
  • RANK #3/7
  • PHOTO Poly-Metal Finishing
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~86 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Poly-Metal Finishing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Turbocoating dba Lincotek Surface Solutions in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Turbocoating dba Lincotek Surface Solutions averages 3.7 TCR (111% of the Laminating metals and metal formed products without fabricating BLS benchmark).

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

Turbocoating dba Lincotek Surface Solutions TCR series: 2019=1.1 · 2020=6.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Turbocoating dba Lincotek Surface Solutions falls in its industry

585 Laminating metals and metal fo establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 7 Laminating metals and metal fo employers in North Carolina.

Turbocoating dba Lincotek Surface Solutions (86 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Turbocoating dba Lincotek Surface Solutions
Turbocoating dba Lincotek Surface Solutions (86 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Turbocoating dba Lincotek Surface Solutions has more employees than the Laminating metals and metal formed produ median and a lower 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 Fatalities
2020 6.2 5.0 5 0 0
2019 1.1 1.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · NC · Hickory

585 Laminating metals and metal formed products without fabricating employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 240 employers in Hickory, NC · 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 Poly-Metal Finishing 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pride Plating 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Colonial Surface Solutions 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aerospace Coatings International/Wencor 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE LiveGreen, Inc. 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dreicor, Inc. 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Asphalt Plants 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Reeves Metrolina Region 86 FTE
CITY-NEAR Catawba Valley Medical Center 2,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR Merchants Distributors LLC 1,480 FTE
CITY-NEAR Frye Regional Medical Center 1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center 1,006 FTE
NAT-TCR Meijer 124 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Jack B. Harper Electrical, LLC. 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR LP 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Ecru 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Access Environmental LLC 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sterling Nevada, LLC 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oakland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE WC 86 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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.