Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade · Massachusetts

Valentine plating

West Springfield, MA · ~26 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Valentine plating runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade A.

Valentine plating: 1.3 TCR = 39% of Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valentine plating safety composite

Valentine plating scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

TCR Δ

−5.1

2019→2024

Valentine plating injury rate improved

Valentine plating's TCR fell 5.1 from 5.1 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=5.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · West Springfield, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 39% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/26
  • PHOTO Nipco Inc - Plastic …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nipco Inc - Plastic Hobbs (0.0 TCR gap)

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Valentine plating in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Valentine plating averages 1.3 TCR (39% of the Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Valentine plating TCR series: 2019=5.1 · 2020=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Valentine plating falls in its industry

585 Chrome plating metals and meta establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 26 Chrome plating metals and meta employers in Massachusetts.

Valentine plating (26 employees, TCR 1.3) 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 Valentine plating
Valentine plating (26 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Valentine plating has fewer employees than the Chrome plating metals and metal products 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 5.1 5.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · MA · West Springfield

585 Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 63 employers in West Springfield, MA · 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 Nipco Inc - Plastic Hobbs 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Foundation Ct. 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Finishing Technology Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blue Grass Plating Company LLC. 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE SHELD 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE MCPHEE ASSOCIATES, INC. 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lendlease - Boston Office 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE JP Masonry Inc 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0302 - WEST SPRINGFIELD MA WHSE 253 FTE
CITY-NEAR BHH - Baystate Home Health 250 FTE
CITY-NEAR East Region Customer Center 207 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bear Mountain 153 FTE
NAT-TCR Delstar Technologies 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Otis Elevator Company-Harrisburg 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR CBP Engineering Corp 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR CO2 Chipley Office 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Independent Machine Co Inc 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Courier Printing Corp 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE San Marcos 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE New England Communications 26 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, 2020, 2019. 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.